"cybercriminal" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: cyber- + criminal Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*krey-}}, {{prefix|en|cyber|criminal}} cyber- + criminal Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} cybercriminal (not comparable)
  1. Relating to cybercrime. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-cybercriminal-en-adj-XhYQZSLQ

Noun

Forms: cybercriminals [plural]
Etymology: cyber- + criminal Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*krey-}}, {{prefix|en|cyber|criminal}} cyber- + criminal Head templates: {{en-noun}} cybercriminal (plural cybercriminals)
  1. A perpetrator of cybercrime. Translations (perpetrator of cybercrime): zibergaizkile (Basque), cybercrimineel [masculine] (Dutch), kyberrikollinen (Finnish), cybercriminel [masculine] (French), cibearchoirpeach [masculine] (Irish), киберқылмыскер (kiberqylmysker) (Kazakh), cyberprzestępca [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-cybercriminal-en-noun-gjKbhQnK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with cyber- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cyber-: 42 58

Inflected forms

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