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

About two weeks later, however, the suspect returned to the same home at nearly the same time of day and was again captured on security camera. — Velvet Wu july 1, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026

Eddie was allegedly caught on security camera leaving the scene afterward, according to the court documents and prosecutors, WGN 9 and the Chicago Sun-Times reported. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026

Ben Arriola to review security camera footage to see who was coming and going from Saulter’s office. — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026

Police are investigating after the incident was captured on security cameras. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 2 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above