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cybercrime

cybercrime noun: crime committed using computer networks.

Noun

cybercrime (countable and uncountable, plural cybercrimes)

  1. (uncountable) Crime committed using computer networks.
    Synonyms:
    e-crime
  2. (countable) An individual crime of this kind.
    Synonyms:
    e-crime

Synonyms of cybercrime

Forms of cybercrime

pluralcybercrimes

Plural of cybercrime: cybercrimes

Origin of cybercrime

From cyber- + crime.

Questions about cybercrime

What does cybercrime mean?
Cybercrime means crime committed using computer networks.
What part of speech is cybercrime?
Cybercrime is a noun.
What is the plural of cybercrime?
The plural of cybercrime is cybercrimes.

Words near cybercrime in the dictionary

  1. cybercratic
  2. cybercreature
  3. cybercreatures
  4. cybercrew
  5. cybercrews
  6. cybercrime
  7. cybercrimes
  8. cybercriminal
  9. cybercriminality
  10. cybercriminals
  11. cybercritic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cybercrime (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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