e-crime

noun

Cybercrime.

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Meanings

noune-crime (countable and uncountable, plural e-crimes)

plural e-crimes

  1. countableuncountableCybercrime.

    When asked what e-crimes were committed against their organizations in 2004, respondents cited virus or other malicious code as most prevalent (82%)...

    2007, Jay D. White, Managing information in the public sector
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    The National Hi Tech Computer Crime Unit was established as a specialist e-crime unit and was folded into the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in 2006.

    2009, Lord Carter, Digital Britain: final report

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
cybercrime

Origin

From e- + crime.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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