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

Wells punched King in the face, a neighbor’s security camera video would show. —Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026

Then, the Eufy SoloCam C210 two-pack security camera is 25% off, giving you subscription-free 2K security for your porch. —Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026

Airport security camera video shows a convoy of emergency vehicles traveling across the tarmac with their lights flashing in the moments before the plane lands, according to a recording of the video shared online. —Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026

What appeared to be footage from a security camera showed three figures in black wearing hoods carrying a canister toward one of the ambulance before flames erupted around the vehicle. —ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above