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.—
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In a video taken by a security camera at his mother's driveway, obtained by ABC News, a federal agent can be heard asking Gamez Lira to turn off the engine and to not resist.
—Armando Garcia, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
Several security cameras near his cell were streaming live, but not recording.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 17 Sep. 2025
The complaint, which provides a detailed account of the incident based on images from the deputies’ body cameras and jail security cameras, asks for a full investigation into what happened to Thimmhardy that night at the jail.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Filmed from a home-security camera, the video shows the canines' owner preparing to take them out for a walk.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
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Armando Garcia, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
Several security cameras near his cell were streaming live, but not recording.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 17 Sep. 2025
The complaint, which provides a detailed account of the incident based on images from the deputies’ body cameras and jail security cameras, asks for a full investigation into what happened to Thimmhardy that night at the jail.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Filmed from a home-security camera, the video shows the canines' owner preparing to take them out for a walk.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Security camera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/security%20camera. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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