cybersquatting

cybersquatting
cybersquatter, n.
/suy"beuhr skwot'ing/, n.
the registration of a commercially valuable Internet domain name, as a trademark, with the intention of selling it or profiting from its use.
[1995-2000; CYBER- + SQUAT + -ING1]

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