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surveillance
[ ser-vey-luhns, -veyl-yuhns ]
noun
- a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like:
The suspects were under police surveillance.
- continuous observation of a place, person, group, or ongoing activity in order to gather information: electronic surveillance.
video cameras used for covert surveillance.
- attentive observation, as to oversee and direct someone or something:
increased surveillance of patients with chronic liver disease.
surveillance
/ ɜːˈɪəԲ /
noun
- close observation or supervision maintained over a person, group, etc, esp one in custody or under suspicion
Derived Forms
- ܰˈԳ, adjectivenoun
Other Word Forms
- dzܲt·ܰ·lԳ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of surveillance1
Word History and Origins
Origin of surveillance1
Example Sentences
The investigation included surveillance, court-approved GPS tracking and search warrants at Castillo’s Huntington Park apartment and her parents’ home in South Gate.
The bat was discovered on April 17 and taken in for testing as part of the county’s routine rabies surveillance effort, according to the OC Health Care Agency.
Groft was reportedly captured on surveillance footage using an electric chainsaw to cut down the trees on several different days, at several different times for more than a week.
A suspect is arrested after surveillance footage showed a man using a chainsaw to take down multiple trees in downtown Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Police Department arrested a man on Tuesday who was captured on surveillance footage using a chainsaw to chop down multiple trees in Downtown Los Angeles.
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