Definitions

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  • noun informal A member of a cyberpolice force.
  • noun Internet, slang, derogatory A user who attempts to enforce netiquette or other standards.

Etymologies

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cyber- +‎ cop

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Examples

  • While young Egyptians were organizing on Facebook, we were watching with consternation the leaked chat of a cybercop, for whom social networks are "the enemy."

    Yoani Sanchez: Egypt 2.0 Yoani Sanchez 2011

  • While young Egyptians were organizing on Facebook, we were watching with consternation the leaked chat of a cybercop, for whom social networks are "the enemy."

    Yoani Sanchez: Egypt 2.0 Yoani Sanchez 2011

  • While young Egyptians were organizing on Facebook, we were watching with consternation the leaked chat of a cybercop, for whom social networks are "the enemy."

    Yoani Sanchez: Egypt 2.0 Yoani Sanchez 2011

  • "Fuck!" the cybercop said, shaking his head when he realized his mistake.

    Forgetfulness ISCARS 2010

  • He'd worked hard at the academy and, though he was a good cybercop, his assignment at CCU wasn't any more exciting than working on a graduate thesis.

    Forgetfulness ISCARS 2010

  • He was undoubtedly the only cybercop in the country who wore as his sidearm a car-stopping .45 automatic.

    Forgetfulness ISCARS 2010

  • Gillette was expecting the cybercop to make a comment about his demotion.

    Forgetfulness ISCARS 2010

  • Boyle headed our cybercop squad and was a genius at retrieving files and information that literally, to my view, were lost in space.

    The Dead House Linda Fairstein 2001

  • He was undoubtedly the only cybercop in the country who wore as his sidearm a car-stopping .45 automatic.

    The Blue Nowhere Jeffery Deaver 2001

  • “Fuck!” the cybercop said, shaking his head when he realized his mistake.

    The Blue Nowhere Jeffery Deaver 2001

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