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crimeware

crimeware noun: software that performs or facilitates illegal activities.

Noun

crimeware (uncountable)

  1. Software that performs or facilitates illegal activities.
    • Technical subterfuge schemes plant crimeware onto PCs to steal credentials […]2007, Harold F Tipton, Micki Krause, Information Security Management Handbook, Volume 2

Origin of crimeware

From crime + -ware.

Questions about crimeware

What does crimeware mean?
Crimeware means software that performs or facilitates illegal activities.
What part of speech is crimeware?
Crimeware is a noun.

Words near crimeware in the dictionary

  1. crimestoppers
  2. crimethink
  3. crimethinking
  4. crimethinks
  5. crimethought
  6. crimeware
  7. crimewave
  8. crimewaves
  9. Crimhead
  10. Crimheads
  11. Crimi

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