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CYBERCRIME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cybercrime" is a kind of...):
crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)