cybersurveillance

noun

Surveillance of computer activity.

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Meanings

nouncybersurveillance (uncountable)
  1. uncountableSurveillance of computer activity.

    The group is accused of defaming the state after a British nonprofit, Privacy International, wrote a report based on the testimony of four Moroccans who say they were targets of cybersurveillance by the government.

    2015 October 11, Aida Alami, “Moroccan Government Cracks Down on Journalists and Activists”, in New York Times

Origin

From cyber- + surveillance.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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