e-crime

English

Etymology

e- + crime

Noun

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

  1. Cybercrime.
    • 2007, Jay D. White, Managing information in the public sector:
      When asked what e-crimes were committed against their organizations in 2004, respondents cited virus or other malicious code as most prevalent (82%)...
    • 2009, Lord Carter, Digital Britain: final report:
      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.

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