cyberprostitution

noun

Prostitution in cyberspace, i.e. cybersex performed for money or other favors.

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Meanings

nouncyberprostitution (uncountable)
  1. uncountableProstitution in cyberspace, i.e. cybersex performed for money or other favors.

    An interesting law enforcement issue is that of cyberprostitution, which involves trading virtual sex for money.

    2008, Michael Cross, Debra Littlejohn Shinder, Scene of the Cybercrime
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    There have been instances of forced participation by women in Internet-related sexual activities (eg, trading of women for cyberprostitution).

    2002, Al Cooper, Sex and the Internet: a guidebook for clinicians

    ...how women and girls as individuals and as a group are harmed by online harassment, virtual rape, and cyberprostitution.

    2009, Andrea Millwood Hargrave, Sonia Livingstone, Harm and Offence in Media Content: A Review of the Evidence

Origin

From cyber- + prostitution.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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