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The registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it at a later date.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A form of passing off, often with the intent referred to in the first sense above.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor. English cybernetic English cyber- English squatting English cybersquatting From cyber- + squatting.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Azerbaijani:
kiberskvottinq
— registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later
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Chinese Mandarin:
域名搶註 /域名抢注
(yùmíng qiǎngzhù)
— registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later
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Finnish:
nimikaappaus
— registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later
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French:
cybersquatting
— registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later
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French:
cybersquattage
— registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later
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French:
accaparement de nom de domaine
— registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later
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Japanese:
サイバースクワッティング
(saibāsukuwattingu)
— registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later
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Russian:
киберскво́ттинг
(kiberskvótting)
— registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later
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Spanish:
ciberparacaidismo
— registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later
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Spanish:
ciberocupación
— registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later
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Spanish:
ciberokupación
— registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later
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Ukrainian:
кіберскво́тинґ
(kiberskvótyng)
— registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later
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Ukrainian:
кіберскво́тинг
(kiberskvótynh)
— registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later
