The Russian underground economy has democratized cybercrime

Re:The Russian underground economy has democratized cybercrime by adaml_623 on Monday November 05, 2012 @04:25AM (#4742823)

I read this article and didn't notice anything about voting at all? Strange use of the word 'democratized'

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Re:The Russian underground economy has democratized cybercrime by demetris on Monday November 05, 2012 @04:54AM (#4742878)

I think the verb “to democratize” is used here in the extended meaning “to make accessible to all”, like democracy makes governance an affair accessible to all by making it an affair of the people.

But I agree that this use does seem strange sometimes in some contexts.

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