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cyberpolice en · NOUN

Etymology

From cyber- + police.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, uncountable) A police force that patrols the Internet or cyberspace.
    • The cyberpolice and their elite masters are living under the sign of virtual catastrophe (that is, anticipating the electronic disaster that could happen)... 2004, Malcolm Miles, Tim Hall, Iain Borden, The city cultures reader:
    • The cyberpolice on Prodigy had busted me. Evidently, you can call the authorities from a button on your computer and complain when profanity is being used. 1995, Howard Stern, Miss America:
    • Syria is not the only Arab state with a hyperactive cyberpolice. 2004, The Economist: