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bodycam en · NOUN

Etymology

From body + cam.

Meanings

1. A body camera.
   • 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. 2023 April 4, Philip Buckingham, “‘The ref’s got a camera on’ – the bodycams being used to keep officials safe”, in The New York Times:
   • I'll wear a bodycam – a copcam, which I'll have to get from the SPD. 2017, Bharti Kirchner, Season of Sacrifice: First in a new Seattle-based mystery series:
   • 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. 2024 September 30, Chelsea Bailey, “‘Take his pulse, he’s blue’: Bodycam footage shows fatal encounter between epileptic Indiana man and first responders”, in CNN:

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