cybergang

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noun

A criminal gang that operates in cyberspace.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nouncybergang (plural cybergangs)

plural cybergangs

  1. A criminal gang that operates in cyberspace.

    Cybergangs and some novel types of crime do not neatly fit into the jurisdiction of national or international law (see, for example, Sassen 1998).

    2004, James H. Mittelman, Whither globalization?: the vortex of knowledge and ideology, page 31
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    ...Knights of Access was one of the world's premiere cybergangs but they never did anything harmful to civilians. They fought hacking battles with other gangs and cracked corporate and government sites.

    2001, Jeffery Deaver, The Blue Nowhere

Origin

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APA

cybergang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cybergang

MLA

“cybergang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cybergang. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cybergang,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cybergang.

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