cybertrap

English

Etymology

From cyber- +‎ trap.

Noun

cybertrap (plural cybertraps)

1. A trap on the Internet or in cyberspace.
   • 2014, Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, Suszn Schultz Huxman, Thomas A. Burkholder, The Rhetorical Act: Thinking, Speaking and Writing Critically:

     The Internet has been called a “conspiracy connection,” a “congested web,” or “a cybertrap” where anarchy rules and “cyberbullies” flourish.

   • 2016, Susan Philpott, Dark Territory, page 119:

     When he'd done his Canadian data mining, he'd set up a trolling line, a clever cybertrap that would alert Dark Territory 119.