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

Olejniczak Marodi was captured on the security camera gathering pets and luggage and loading them into a Chevrolet Equinox SUV, according to the warrant. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026

Roughly 30 minutes later, their security camera was sending fire notifications to Angela’s phone. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

The incident, which happened on May 8, was caught on a Ring security camera. — Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026

Gordon Campbell, 42, who lives near Glasgow, Scotland, set up a security camera after bottles of milk repeatedly disappeared from his doorstep, news agency SWNS reported. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above