cybercheating

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noun

Using the Internet to cheat (violate rules to gain advantage); especially cyberplagiarism.

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Meanings

nouncybercheating (uncountable)
  1. uncountableUsing the Internet to cheat (violate rules to gain advantage); especially cyberplagiarism.

    The solution to cybercheating is not an easy one, because the technology is changing more quickly than most educators can change their testing practices.

    2008, Charles J Russo, Encyclopedia of Education Law
  2. uncountableUsing the Internet to cheat (be unfaithful).

    Kind of like when you offer to let your boyfriend check your emails to prove you're not cybercheating on him.

    2006, Lauren Barnholdt, Reality Chick

Origin

From cyber- + cheating.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

cyberteaching
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APA

cybercheating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cybercheating

MLA

“cybercheating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cybercheating. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cybercheating,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cybercheating.

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