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
Richard FordExamples of security camera in a Sentence
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Broward sheriff’s detectives are trying to identify a man shown in security camera footage stabbing another man at a Dania Beach gas station earlier this month.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
Trump, Nauta, and a third codefendant, Carlos de Oliveria — a former Mar-a-Lago employee with whom Smith says Nauta allegedly unsuccessfully tried to delete security camera footage — have all pleaded not guilty.
—Robert Legare, CBS News, 22 May 2024
Soon Umberger was talking to a retiree through a screen door on a porch fitted with security cameras.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
The Sheriff’s Office on Thursday released security camera video of the jewelry store robberies.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 10 May 2024
It’s never been easier to keep an eye on your home thanks to the seemingly endless number of security camera brands available right now.
—Tim Chan, Variety, 19 May 2024
The footage was captured Sunday on a home security camera in Frenchtown Township, in southeastern Michigan.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 9 May 2024
The lawyers last month released a one-minute video clip of the fatal shooting captured on a security camera.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 8 May 2024
Man spray-painted the security cameras Ana Maria's apartments Officials considered David Knezevich a suspect in the case after a man who resembled him spray painted the security camera in her Madrid apartment building, NBC reported.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
Trump, Nauta, and a third codefendant, Carlos de Oliveria — a former Mar-a-Lago employee with whom Smith says Nauta allegedly unsuccessfully tried to delete security camera footage — have all pleaded not guilty.
—Robert Legare, CBS News, 22 May 2024
Soon Umberger was talking to a retiree through a screen door on a porch fitted with security cameras.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
The Sheriff’s Office on Thursday released security camera video of the jewelry store robberies.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 10 May 2024
It’s never been easier to keep an eye on your home thanks to the seemingly endless number of security camera brands available right now.
—Tim Chan, Variety, 19 May 2024
The footage was captured Sunday on a home security camera in Frenchtown Township, in southeastern Michigan.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 9 May 2024
The lawyers last month released a one-minute video clip of the fatal shooting captured on a security camera.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 8 May 2024
Man spray-painted the security cameras Ana Maria's apartments Officials considered David Knezevich a suspect in the case after a man who resembled him spray painted the security camera in her Madrid apartment building, NBC reported.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
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“Security camera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/security%20camera. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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