Tape them? Plaster them? Stick them over? Is there any one-word way (or a phrasal verb) to describe it? Dictionaries didn't help me
asked Oct 31, 2019 at 23:04
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I don't know of any specific phrase or word but disable and deactivate would serve. You could also talk about blinding the cameras or putting them out of action.– Ronald SoleOct 31, 2019 at 23:15
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1Maybe vandalise, particularly if it were done for no other reason than to annoy the owners of the camera.– Peter JenningsOct 31, 2019 at 23:26
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Tag could also work, given context.– modulusshiftNov 1, 2019 at 1:57
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I hear the term "covering laptop cameras" or "taping laptop cameras shut" quite often.– user57928Nov 1, 2019 at 3:31
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I would suggest either:
Something about loss of vision: "blocking", "blinding", "covering"
or something tape-related: "masking" perhaps.
Other methods might have their own specific verbs "to spray-paint", "to bag" for example.
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I liked "blinding". I didn't include "obscuring" because you have to "obscure the camera's view" since just "obscuring the camera" might mean my view of the camera was obscured rather than the other way around. Nov 1, 2019 at 21:04