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cryptojack

cryptojack verb: to make unauthorized use of an individual's electronic device to mine for cryptocurrency.

Verb

cryptojack (third-person singular simple present cryptojacks, present participle cryptojacking, simple past and past participle cryptojacked)

  1. (computer security) To make unauthorized use of an individual's electronic device to mine for cryptocurrency.

Forms of cryptojack

third-person singular presentcryptojacks
present participlecryptojacking
past participlecryptojacked
pastcryptojacked

Origin of cryptojack

From crypto- + hijack.

Questions about cryptojack

What does cryptojack mean?
Cryptojack means to make unauthorized use of an individual's electronic device to mine for cryptocurrency.
What part of speech is cryptojack?
Cryptojack is a verb.
What is the past tense of cryptojack?
The past tense of cryptojack is cryptojacked.

Words near cryptojack in the dictionary

  1. cryptographist
  2. cryptographists
  3. cryptographs
  4. cryptography
  5. cryptohalite
  6. cryptojack
  7. cryptojacked
  8. cryptojacking
  9. cryptojackings
  10. cryptojacks
  11. cryptokarst

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