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
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Last week, the FBI released security camera images and videos of an armed and masked man outside Guthrie’s home on the morning of her disappearance.
—Liz Kreutz, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026
The assailants, some armed, also vandalized security cameras and a guard shack and slashed the tires of vehicles in the parking lot, authorities said.
—Kevin Krause, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
Police were now reviewing security cameras to try to figure out who, if anyone, was responsible for breaking it off a second time.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Photos and surveillance video recovered from Nancy’s security cameras showed a man, even if his face was covered.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 18 Feb. 2026
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Liz Kreutz, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026
The assailants, some armed, also vandalized security cameras and a guard shack and slashed the tires of vehicles in the parking lot, authorities said.
—Kevin Krause, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
Police were now reviewing security cameras to try to figure out who, if anyone, was responsible for breaking it off a second time.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Photos and surveillance video recovered from Nancy’s security cameras showed a man, even if his face was covered.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Security camera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/security%20camera. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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