spycam
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spycam (plural spycams)
- A camera, especially a webcam, used for covert surveillance.
- 2002, Joan Gorham, Mass Media:
- TV news executives think twice now before authorizing these spycam stories...
- 2005, Katherine Albrecht, Liz McIntyre, Spychips:
- Transmitting images with a spycam requires a lot of power, and the small size of the cameras means their batteries have a short lifespan.
- 2008, Peter Watts, Blindsight:
- If they were so curious, they could've just snuck in a spycam.