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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber- terrorism [syn: hacker, cyber-terrorist, cyberpunk]
2: a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology
3: a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1983 1. science fiction dealing with future urban societies dominated by computer technology 2. an opportunistic computer hacker

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Cyberpunk is a type of science fiction.