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cyberpolice

noun

Etymology

From cyber- + police.

  1. derived from πολιτεία
  2. derived from polītīa
  3. derived from police
  4. prefixed as cyberpolice — “cyber + police”

Definitions

  1. A police force that patrols the Internet or cyberspace.

    • 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.
    • The cyberpolice and their elite masters are living under the sign of virtual catastrophe (that is, anticipating the electronic disaster that could happen)...
    • Syria is not the only Arab state with a hyperactive cyberpolice.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for cyberpolice. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA