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cyberstalking

cyberstalking

1 7.0
Repeatedly harassing someone online by sending threats or unwanted messages
  • noun
  • /ˈsaɪbərˌstɔkɪŋ/
  • NSFW
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  • The police arrested him for repeatedly engaging in cyberstalking by sending threatening messages online.
  • cyberstalking charges
  • cyberstalking law

Examples

  • Serious cyberstalking is far more common than we think.

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  • All of the states have similarly written statutes concerning cyberstalking.

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  • Still, there remains a lack of legislation at the federal level to specifically address cyberstalking, leaving the majority of legislative prohibitions against cyberstalking at the state level.

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  • Cyberstalking is bullying.

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  • Now, some people have suggested that I should just ignore Neal Rauhauser, as if ignoring him would cause him to stop his obsessive cyberstalking.

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  • Many victims of cyberstalking find it difficult to escape the constant harassment on social media.

  • She filed a report after realizing that her ex-boyfriend's behavior constituted cyberstalking through relentless monitoring of her online activities.

How Harassing

cyberstalking
  • NSFW
1 7.0
stalking
  • Offensive
40 6.1
harassment
596 4.6
pestering
3.2
monitoring
130 3.2

Surface Forms

cyberstalking singular

Morphology

cyberstalking = stalking (transparent) = cyber + stalk + ing

The meaning is directly built from 'cyber-' plus 'stalking', referring to stalking carried out online or through electronic communication.

Etymology

Cyberstalking joins cyber- ('computer or internet') and stalking ('quietly following or harassing someone'). So, cyberstalking is using the internet to follow, harass, or threaten someone online.