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bodycam

noun

Etymology

From body + cam.

  1. derived from *(s)kambo-✻
  2. derived from *kambos✻
  3. derived from Granta
  4. formed as bodycam — “body + cam”

Definitions

  1. A body camera.

    • I'll wear a bodycam – a copcam, which I'll have to get from the SPD.
    • The use of bodycams has been mooted for years and the English FA was given permission by the International Football Association Board (IFAB), the body that determines the rules of the game, to begin a trial in February.
    • The sheriff’s office released a compilation of bodycam footage Friday from deputies at the scene that shows them handcuffing Earl and pinning him down for more than 20 minutes as he struggles and repeatedly shouts for help.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA