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Gatso
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English
Etymology
From the Gatso brand of speed cameras and red light cameras, widely used in the United Kingdom.
Noun
en UK informal A speed camera.
Verb
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en transitive UK informal To fine (a driver) for exceeding the speed limit with the help of a speed camera.
en 2001-11-10 Lordy Re: Gatso Cameras uk.rec.driving https://groups.google.com/g/uk.rec.driving/c/XX9Qp0K838o/m/4QT4fp5-8sUJ Hmm, sounds like a plan we should recommend to the next idiots who come along moaning about how unfair it is they've been Gatso'ed, to go speeding back past the camera in the opposite direction.
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