cybercrime
or cy·ber crime
[ sahy-ber-krahym ]
/ ˈsaɪ bərˌkraɪm /
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noun
criminal activity or a crime that involves the Internet, a computer system, or computer technology: identity theft, phishing, and other kinds of cybercrime.
Nearby words
cyberbullying, cybercafe, cybercafé, cybercasting, cyberchondria, cybercrime, cyberculture, cyberhack, cybermob, cybernate, cybernation
Related formscy·ber·crim·i·nal [sahy-ber-krim-uh-nl] /ˈsaɪ bərˌkrɪm ə nl/, noun, adjective
Word story
See Internet.
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Examples from the Web for cybercrime
The cybercrime organization can access virtually ‘unlimited’ proceeds.
“In the place of guns and masks, this cybercrime organization used laptops and the Internet,” Lynch elaborated.
British Dictionary definitions for cybercrime
cybercrime
/ (ˈsaɪbəˌkraɪm) /
noun
the illegal use of computers and the internet
crime committed by means of computers or the internet
Derived Formscybercriminal, noun
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