dashcam
noun
dash·cam
ˈdash-ˌkam 
variants
or less commonly dash cam
or dashboard camera
plural dashcams also dash cams or dashboard cameras
: a video camera mounted usually on the dashboard of a vehicle and used to continuously record activity through the vehicle's windshield
Typically, police dashcams are used to gather evidence during traffic stops.—
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Multiple videos from home security and dashcam footage in South Carolina, verified by ABC News, captured a fireball streaking across the sky around that time.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 26 June 2025
For David Gelman, a Philadelphia-area defense attorney and former prosecutor, that moment was when special prosecutor Hank Brennan played police dashcam video of the crime scene, showing Read's frantic reaction to finding her boyfriend unresponsive in the snow.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2025
While ride-sharing service drivers are increasingly depending on technology and dashcams to boost safety in their cars, Blackburn’s office noted there have been instances of drivers later releasing the footage online.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 7 May 2025
Police vehicle dashcam footage shows quick-thinking officers in a life-or-death incident, desperately pulling the driver from the car just after midnight May 12 as the railroad crossing gates are dropping down with warning lights flashing and bells sounding.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2025
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 26 June 2025
For David Gelman, a Philadelphia-area defense attorney and former prosecutor, that moment was when special prosecutor Hank Brennan played police dashcam video of the crime scene, showing Read's frantic reaction to finding her boyfriend unresponsive in the snow.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2025
While ride-sharing service drivers are increasingly depending on technology and dashcams to boost safety in their cars, Blackburn’s office noted there have been instances of drivers later releasing the footage online.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 7 May 2025
Police vehicle dashcam footage shows quick-thinking officers in a life-or-death incident, desperately pulling the driver from the car just after midnight May 12 as the railroad crossing gates are dropping down with warning lights flashing and bells sounding.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2025
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“Dashcam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dashcam. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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