cybercrime

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Etymology

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Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)

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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)

Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor.

English cybernetic

English cyber-

English crime

English cybercrime

From cyber- + crime.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

cybercrime (countable and uncountable, plural cybercrimes)

1. (uncountable) Crime committed using computer networks.

   Synonym: e-crime

   Hyponyms: cyberattack, cyberstalking, phishing, ransomware, revenge porn, smishing, vishing

2. (countable) An individual crime of this kind.

   Synonym: e-crime

Related terms

• cybercriminal
• cyberwar
• cyberwarfare

Translations

crime committed using computer networks

• Armenian: կիբեռհանցագործություն (kibeṙhancʻagorcutʻyun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 網絡犯罪 / 网络犯罪 (wǎngluò fànzuì)

• Danish: cyberkriminalitet c, cybercrime
• Dutch: cybercriminaliteit (nl) f, cybercrime (nl) m
• Finnish: verkkorikollisuus, tietotekniikkarikollisuus
• French: cybercriminalité (fr) f, e-criminalité (fr) f
• Georgian: კიბერდანაშაული (ḳiberdanašauli)
• German: Cyberkriminalität (de) f
• Greek: κυβερνοέγκλημα (el) n (kyvernoégklima)
• Hungarian: kiberbűnözés (hu)
• Portuguese: cibercrime (pt) m
• Russian: киберпресту́пность (ru) f (kiberprestúpnostʹ)
• Swedish: nätbrottslighet c, cyberbrott n

individual crime of this kind

• Armenian: կիբեռհանցագործություն (kibeṙhancʻagorcutʻyun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 網絡犯罪 / 网络犯罪 (wǎngluò fànzuì)

• Finnish: verkkorikos, tietotekniikkarikos
• French: cybercrime (fr) m
• German: Cyberverbrechen n
• Japanese: サイバー犯罪 (saibā hanzai)
• Russian: киберпреступле́ние (ru) n (kiberprestuplénije)

See also

• cryptocurrency
• deepfake