cybersanctions
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cybersanctions pl (plural only)
- Sanctions imposed by means of the Internet or cyberspace.
- 2015, Paul Webster Hare, Making Diplomacy Work, page 306:
- In its brief history, there are already some examples of interstate cybersanctions.
- 2019, L. Brent Bozell III, Tim Graham, Unmasked: Big Media's War Against Trump:
- It was only a “technical fix, planned under Obama, to avoid any unintended consequences of cybersanctions,” as an embarrassed Alexander noted in a follow-up tweet later in the day.