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crypto

1

[ krip-toh ]

noun

plural cryptos.
  1. a person who secretly supports or adheres to a group, party, or belief.


adjective

  1. secret or hidden; not publicly admitted:

    a crypto Nazi.

crypto-

2
  1. a combining form meaning “hidden,” “secret,” used in the formation of compound words:

    cryptograph.

crypto-

combining_form

  1. secret, hidden, or concealed

    cryptography

    crypto-fascist

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of crypto1

First recorded in 1945–50; probably independent use of crypto-; -o

Origin of crypto2

Combining form representing Greek ó hidden. See crypt
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Word History and Origins

Origin of crypto1

New Latin, from Greek kruptos hidden, from kruptein to hide
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Example Sentences

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Inflation hasn’t begun to spike and there aren’t yet any empty shelves at Walmart and Home Depot and Target, and nobody has had their Social Security numbers sold to crypto kings operating out of Pacific islands nobody has ever heard of.

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He’ll fatten his bottom line with crypto and pay-to-play trade deals with foreign countries, and he’ll play plenty of golf.

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And because no right-wing grift is complete without it, there's now a crypto memecoin exploiting the incident.

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While Lutnick has agreed to divest his business interests and step down from Cantor Fitzgerald, BGC Group and Newmark Group, he has not said whether he will recuse himself from Trump’s crypto task force that will guide a regulatory framework for digital assets.

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It is a key custodian for Tether, a crypto platform with the most widely used stablecoin in the world that has faced persistent scrutiny over its reserve transparency and alleged use in illicit finance.

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