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

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Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook said the district has invested heavily in school safety, including secure entries, door locks, fencing and security cameras and lockdown drills. — Irene Byon, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026 The incident was caught on security camera footage, which detectives used with facial recognition software to identify Person, according to the report. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026 New York City police security camera footage released by the department last week shows some of the encounter but doesn’t conclusively show how the shooting happened. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 The crashes, which span more than a year, have been caught on one family's security cameras. — Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for security camera

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1954, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of security camera was in 1954

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