Cybercrime

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  • noun. crime committed using computer networks
  • noun. an individual crime of this kind
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  • noun. 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
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    "One of the best measures of the rise in cybercrime is junk e-mail, or spam, because much of it is relayed by computers controlled by Internet criminals, experts said."
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