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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Watch cold iguana fall from tree, get bit by cat
The security camera footage shows the iguana suddenly falling from the tree and landing on the concrete driveway.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
The security camera footage spread widely on social media, and Donald Trump repeatedly mentioned Aurora while running for president, saying immigrants were violently taking over buildings in the city, as part of his pledge to crack down on undocumented immigration.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025
Kya Christian Nelson, 23, and others involved in what prosecutors described as a nationwide scheme, took over homeowners’ Ring security cameras and made fake emergency calls in November 2020, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
That afternoon, a Miami police officer went to a Chevron gas station located at 1000 SW 27th Avenue — about three blocks from the house fire — and reviewed security camera footage.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025
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Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
The security camera footage spread widely on social media, and Donald Trump repeatedly mentioned Aurora while running for president, saying immigrants were violently taking over buildings in the city, as part of his pledge to crack down on undocumented immigration.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025
Kya Christian Nelson, 23, and others involved in what prosecutors described as a nationwide scheme, took over homeowners’ Ring security cameras and made fake emergency calls in November 2020, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
That afternoon, a Miami police officer went to a Chevron gas station located at 1000 SW 27th Avenue — about three blocks from the house fire — and reviewed security camera footage.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Security camera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/security%20camera. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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