anklet
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6.7
- noun
- /ˈæŋklɪt/
- Specialized
:
tobillera electrónica
- I just deactivated the block that was hiding Tommy's anklet signal.
- GPS anklet
- electronic anklet
- tracking anklet
Examples
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Your anklet, why are you on parole?
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Then I'm going to reduce the risk of flight by ordering him to wear a tracer anklet and I'm going to set bail at $1 million.
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Your anklet... we need to kill that signal.
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Got to do something about that anklet.
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Above her shoe was a black parole anklet.
Fiction book (1994) -
- I got a... - Tracer anklet.
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- We've got a trace on Tommy's anklet.
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I have blocked the signal to Tommy's anklet, so the police can't find you... yet.
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They had even replaced her silver ankle bells with iron anklets that locked with a key.
Fiction book (1993) -
The court ordered him to wear an electronic anklet during his probation period.
Synonyms
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3.5
An electronic device worn around the ankle that tracks where a person goes for legal supervision
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Anklet comes from ankle ('the joint between the foot and the leg') and -let ('small'), so it means a 'small thing for the ankle'. That is why the electronic monitor is called an anklet — it is a small device worn around the ankle to watch where someone is.