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cybersurveillance

cybersurveillance noun: surveillance of computer activity.

Noun

cybersurveillance (uncountable)

  1. Surveillance of computer activity.
    • The group is accused of defaming the state after a British nonprofit, Privacy International, wrote a report based on the testimony of four Moroccans who say they were targets of cybersurveillance by the government.2015 October 11, Aida Alami, “Moroccan Government Cracks Down on Journalists and Activists”, in New York Times

Origin of cybersurveillance

From cyber- + surveillance.

Questions about cybersurveillance

What does cybersurveillance mean?
Cybersurveillance means surveillance of computer activity.
What part of speech is cybersurveillance?
Cybersurveillance is a noun.

Words near cybersurveillance in the dictionary

  1. cybersurfs
  2. cybersurgeon
  3. cybersurgeons
  4. cybersurgery
  5. cybersurgical
  6. cybersurveillance
  7. cybersymposia
  8. cybersymposium
  9. cybersymposiums
  10. cybersynagogue
  11. cybersynagogues

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