CYBERCRIME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cybercrime mean? 

• CYBERCRIME (noun)
  The noun CYBERCRIME has 1 sense:

1. crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programs

  Familiarity information: CYBERCRIME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYBERCRIME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cybercrime" is a kind of...):

crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)