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Candid camera

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A camera which is concealed or unobtrusive, used to obtain candid photographs of people who usually are unaware; the practice of taking such photos.

    "A candid camera’s role in higher education, with photographs of co-eds in the nude, commanded public interest today."

  2. 2
    a miniature camera with a fast lens wordnet
  3. 3
    A humorous television show that uses hidden candid cameras to make jokes to people.

Etymology

Although used as its name, the term predates the long-running American television program Candid Camera (first broadcast in 1948).

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