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e-crime

e-crime noun: cybercrime.

Noun

e-crime (countable and uncountable, plural e-crimes)

  1. Cybercrime.
    • When asked what e-crimes were committed against their organizations in 2004, respondents cited virus or other malicious code as most prevalent (82%)...2007, Jay D. White, Managing information in the public sector
    • The National Hi Tech Computer Crime Unit was established as a specialist e-crime unit and was folded into the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in 2006.2009, Lord Carter, Digital Britain: final report

Forms of e-crime

plurale-crimes

Origin of e-crime

From e- + crime.

Questions about e-crime

What does e-crime mean?
E-crime means cybercrime.
What part of speech is e-crime?
E-crime is a noun.
What is the plural of e-crime?
The plural of e-crime is e-crimes.

Words near e-crime in the dictionary

  1. e-coupons
  2. e-course
  3. e-courses
  4. e-court
  5. e-courts
  6. e-crime
  7. e-crimes
  8. e-criminal
  9. e-criminals
  10. e-cruitment
  11. e-currencies

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