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cybertrap

cybertrap noun: a trap on the Internet or in cyberspace.

Noun

cybertrap (plural cybertraps)

  1. A trap on the Internet or in cyberspace.
    • The Internet has been called a “conspiracy connection,” a “congested web,” or “a cybertrap” where anarchy rules and “cyberbullies” flourish.2014, Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, Suszn Schultz Huxman, Thomas A. Burkholder, The Rhetorical Act: Thinking, Speaking and Writing Critically
    • When he'd done his Canadian data mining, he'd set up a trolling line, a clever cybertrap that would alert Dark Territory 119.2016, Susan Philpott, Dark Territory, page 119

Forms of cybertrap

pluralcybertraps

Origin of cybertrap

From cyber- + trap.

Questions about cybertrap

What does cybertrap mean?
Cybertrap means a trap on the Internet or in cyberspace.
What part of speech is cybertrap?
Cybertrap is a noun.
What is the plural of cybertrap?
The plural of cybertrap is cybertraps.

Words near cybertrap in the dictionary

  1. cybertrail
  2. cybertrails
  3. cybertraining
  4. cybertransaction
  5. cybertransactions
  6. cybertrap
  7. cybertraps
  8. cybertrash
  9. cybertravel
  10. cybertraveler
  11. cybertravelers

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