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cybertheft

cybertheft noun: theft carried out by means of computer technology.

Noun

cybertheft (countable and uncountable, plural cyberthefts)

  1. Theft carried out by means of computer technology.
    • Security software firm McAfee estimates that cybertheft and vandalism cost the US economy $20 billion per year.2008, Markus Jakobsson, Zulfikar Ramzan, Crimeware: understanding new attacks and defenses

Forms of cybertheft

pluralcyberthefts

Origin of cybertheft

From cyber- + theft.

Questions about cybertheft

What does cybertheft mean?
Cybertheft means theft carried out by means of computer technology.
What part of speech is cybertheft?
Cybertheft is a noun.
What is the plural of cybertheft?
The plural of cybertheft is cyberthefts.

Words near cybertheft in the dictionary

  1. cybertextualities
  2. cybertextuality
  3. cybertextually
  4. cybertheater
  5. cybertheatre
  6. cybertheft
  7. cyberthefts
  8. cybertheories
  9. cybertheorist
  10. cybertheorists
  11. cybertheory

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