videotape

[vid-ee-oh-teyp]

noun

1. magnetic tape on which the electronic impulses produced by the video and audio portions of a television program, motion picture, etc., are recorded (audiotape ).

verb (used with object)

videotaped, videotaping 

1. to record (programs, etc.) on videotape.

Other Word Forms

• videotaper noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of videotape¹

video + tape

Example Sentences

“He mocked and videotaped ICE officers chasing after him,” she said in the statement.

From Los Angeles Times

An Irvine man was charged with hate crimes against Latino men after he was videotaped allegedly hurling racial slurs and throwing hot coffee on one man and punching an elderly man.

From Los Angeles Times

In a videotaped incident in Pasadena, immigration officials took away several people waiting at a bus stop, raising fear that public transit is being targeted for raids.

From Los Angeles Times

Combs’ defense team freely admitted that his relationship with Ventura was violent, as seen in an infamous 2016 videotape of Combs beating Ventura in an elevator lobby at the InterContinental hotel in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times

As immigration arrests have occurred across Southern California, demonstrators have protested the federal government’s actions and bystanders have sometimes confronted immigration officers or videotaped their actions.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• copy 
• document 
• file 
• list 
• log 
• mark 
• post 
• register 
• report