cybercrime
or cy·ber crime
[ sahy-ber-krahym ]
/ ˈsaɪ bərˌkraɪm /
noun
criminal activity or a crime that involves the Internet, a computer system, or computer technology: identity theft, phishing, and other kinds of cybercrime.
historical usage of cybercrime
See
Internet.
OTHER WORDS FROM cybercrime
cy·ber·crim·i·nal [sahy-ber-krim-uh-nl] /ˈsaɪ bərˌkrɪm ə nl/, noun, adjectiveWords nearby cybercrime
cyberbully,
cyberbullying,
cybercafé,
cybercasting,
cyberchondria,
cybercrime,
cyberculture,
cyberhack,
cybermob,
cybernate,
cybernation
Example sentences 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