deflock.
To dismantle, destroy, or to otherwise render inoperable a security camera; especially a license plate reader, those placed in public areas, or produced by Flock Safety, Inc.
Meaning & usage
To dismantle, destroy, or to otherwise render inoperable a security camera; especially a license plate reader, those placed in public areas, or produced by Flock Safety, Inc.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Germanic *flukkaz Proto-West Germanic *flokk Old English flocc Middle English flok English flock English Flock English DeFlock English deflock The verb originates from the DeFlock website, which is a public mapping website that keeps track of the location of security cameras that monitor public areas, usually alongside roads, which monitor and record data while surveilling. The website's name comes from de- (“to remove, to excise”) + Flock, from the company Flock Safety, which is named idiomatically after a flock as there would be so many cameras in relatively close proximity to be similar to a flock.
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