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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Officers also obtained cellphone and security camera footage.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 21 Sep. 2024
Kevin Bacon was initially spotted on security camera footage wandering around a home in Brighton, about 40 miles south of Milwaukee in Wisconsin.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024
Zoom in: Election officials in Durham County, N.C., soon will move into a new facility equipped with bulletproof glass at the front desk, panic buttons to summon help in any emergencies, a network of security cameras and a separate exhaust system where mail-in ballots will be processed.
—Sophia Cai, Axios, 20 Sep. 2024
After security camera footage appeared on social media Tuesday purporting to show one of the pagers explode on a man’s hip in a Lebanese market, two munitions experts also said that the blast appeared to be the result of a tiny explosive device.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2024
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Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 21 Sep. 2024
Kevin Bacon was initially spotted on security camera footage wandering around a home in Brighton, about 40 miles south of Milwaukee in Wisconsin.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024
Zoom in: Election officials in Durham County, N.C., soon will move into a new facility equipped with bulletproof glass at the front desk, panic buttons to summon help in any emergencies, a network of security cameras and a separate exhaust system where mail-in ballots will be processed.
—Sophia Cai, Axios, 20 Sep. 2024
After security camera footage appeared on social media Tuesday purporting to show one of the pagers explode on a man’s hip in a Lebanese market, two munitions experts also said that the blast appeared to be the result of a tiny explosive device.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Security camera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/security%20camera. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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