electronic tag

Worn surveillance device

An electronic tag is a small device attached to a person, animal, or object that transmits location data or identification signals.

Most commonly, it refers to a monitoring device worn by criminal offenders as a condition of parole or house arrest: He was fitted with an electronic tag after his release.

The term also covers tracking devices for wildlife research and anti-theft tags on retail merchandise.

Opposites
physical restraint method

electronic tagimprisonment

Legal detention in jail

incarceration · prison cell · handcuffs · shackles · leg irons

surveillance technology vs. no monitoring

electronic tagpardon

Official release from punishment

acquittal · discharge · exoneration · liberty · off the grid

identification method

electronic tagbarcode

Encoded product stripes

ink stamp · unmarked · untagged

Family

electronic, electron, electronics, electronically, tagged, tagging, tagger

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G