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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Citing security camera footage and more, Sheriff Mendoza outlined today that having gone to a Santa Fe pharmacy a couple days beforehand, Arakawa on February 11 went shopping at a local Sprouts Farmers Market around 3:30 pm MT and entered the subdivision near the couple’s home around 5:30 p.m. MT.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025
The events were caught on security camera footage, records show.
—Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025
The next day, detectives obtained security camera footage from a nearby home, which captured the shooting outside.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
The kind of alert any homeowner would fear: the security camera outside their home was picking up movement.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025
The events were caught on security camera footage, records show.
—Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025
The next day, detectives obtained security camera footage from a nearby home, which captured the shooting outside.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
The kind of alert any homeowner would fear: the security camera outside their home was picking up movement.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Security camera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/security%20camera. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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