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cybercriminal

cybercriminal noun: a perpetrator of cybercrime.

Noun

cybercriminal (plural cybercriminals)

  1. A perpetrator of cybercrime.
    • Password manager giant LastPass has confirmed that cybercriminals stole its customers’ encrypted password vaults, which store its customers’ passwords and other secrets, in a data breach earlier this year.2022 December 22, Zack Whittaker, “LastPass says hackers stole customers' password vaults”, in TechCrunch

Adjective

cybercriminal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to cybercrime.
    • When discussing statistical data associated with cybercriminal activity, there are many points to consider, the most salient being a natural extension of traditional criminal activity and by proxy a natural outcropping for organized criminal entities of various denominations.2011, Will Gragido, John Pirc, Cybercrime and Espionage: An Analysis of Subversive Multi-Vector Threats, Newnes, →ISBN, page 9

Forms of cybercriminal

pluralcybercriminals

Origin of cybercriminal

From cyber- + criminal.

Questions about cybercriminal

What does cybercriminal mean?
Cybercriminal means a perpetrator of cybercrime.
What part of speech is cybercriminal?
Cybercriminal can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of cybercriminal?
The plural of cybercriminal is cybercriminals.

Words near cybercriminal in the dictionary

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

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