security camera

noun

plural security cameras

: a camera (especially a video camera) that is usually permanently mounted and that is used to monitor activity in an area (such as a parking lot or a building's entranceway)

There's no guardhouse here … just a discreet automatic gate with a discreet speaker box and a small security camera on a post.

—Richard Ford

Examples of security camera in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Andrew Mackay, a Northern Territory politician, posted the incriminating evidence (with comedy theme music added) from his security camera on his Facebook page over the weekend, noting that life on his rural home may never be the same again. —CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025

The security watchdog added that a quicker viewing of the live feed from the internal security camera might have made the difference. —Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2025

Then-Mayor Jason Pierce, who unseated Ridgeway in the 2019 election, secretly installed a security camera in the senior center. —Rose Evans updated December 10, Idaho Statesman, 10 Dec. 2025

Police arrested DeCarlos Brown in August and charged him with murder in the death of Zarutska, which garnered national attention after security camera footage of the killing went viral on social media. —Mary Ramsey updated December 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above