closed-circuit
adjective
closed-cir·cuit
ˈklōz(d)-ˈsər-kət 
: used in, shown on, or being a television installation in which the signal is transmitted by wire to a limited number of receivers
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Shasta was no longer the little girl people had seen on a gas station’s closed-circuit TV the day she was rescued.
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Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 July 2025
Existing closed-circuit television cameras are located at the Yorba Linda Boulevard intersections with Imperial Highway and Lakeview Avenue.
—Jim Drummond, Oc Register, 17 July 2025
In some states, courts permit the use of videotaped testimony or allow children to testify via closed-circuit television.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
The young child reporter who may have been abused, is the only witness who will be questioned by a child protective case worker and then at a Child Advocacy Center (CAC) and a forensic case worker with law enforcement personnel watching on a closed-circuit screen.
—Patricia Fersch, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
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Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 July 2025
Existing closed-circuit television cameras are located at the Yorba Linda Boulevard intersections with Imperial Highway and Lakeview Avenue.
—Jim Drummond, Oc Register, 17 July 2025
In some states, courts permit the use of videotaped testimony or allow children to testify via closed-circuit television.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
The young child reporter who may have been abused, is the only witness who will be questioned by a child protective case worker and then at a Child Advocacy Center (CAC) and a forensic case worker with law enforcement personnel watching on a closed-circuit screen.
—Patricia Fersch, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
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“Closed-circuit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/closed-circuit. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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