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deflock

US/ˌdiˈflɑk/

deflock verb: 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.

Verb

deflock (third-person singular simple present deflocks, present participle deflocking, simple past and past participle deflocked)

  1. (US, informal, neologism) 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.
    • Why is deflocking cameras a good thing?2026 July 14, jacobisthesmith, Instagram
    • This is the point where we need to start taking action immediately to get these cameras out of here, so that way, the more vulnerable communities—especially right now with the Trump administration's whole stance of immigration is^([sic]) as hostile as it is—we need to be protecting our friends and...2026 July 18, Loud Light, 20:47 from the start, in How FLOCK cameras are used in Kansas...., spoken by Canyon Tyler Ashworth

Forms of deflock

third-person singular presentdeflocks
present participledeflocking
past participledeflocked
pastdeflocked

Origin of 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.

Words formed from deflock

Questions about deflock

What does deflock mean?
Deflock means 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.
What part of speech is deflock?
Deflock is a verb.
How do you pronounce deflock?
Deflock is pronounced /ˌdiˈflɑk/ (US).
What is the past tense of deflock?
The past tense of deflock is deflocked.

Words near deflock in the dictionary

  1. deflocculating
  2. deflocculation
  3. deflocculations
  4. deflocculator
  5. deflocculators
  6. deflock
  7. deflocker
  8. deflockers
  9. deflorate
  10. deflorated
  11. deflorates

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