bodycam

English

Alternative forms

• body cam

Etymology

From body +‎ cam.

Noun

bodycam (plural bodycams)

1. (chiefly law enforcement) A body camera.
   • 2017, Bharti Kirchner, Season of Sacrifice: First in a new Seattle-based mystery series‎^[1]:

     I'll wear a bodycam – a copcam, which I'll have to get from the SPD.

   • 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^[2]:

     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.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bodycam.

Noun

bodycam f (plural bodycams)

1. bodycam
   • DN/Lusa (2021 January 19) “Utilização de bodycams por polícias aprovada no parlamento [Use of bodycams by police officers approved in parliament]”, in DN‎^[3] (in Portuguese): “Segundo o documento, a utilização das bodycams, uma das reivindicações dos elementos da PSP e GNR, depende de autorização do membro do Governo que tutela a força de segurança". ― According to the document, the use of bodycams, one of the demands of the members of the PSP and GNR, depends on authorization from the Government official that oversees the security force".”