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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 51Թ Forms
- dzܲt·ܰ·lԳ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of surveillance1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of surveillance1
Example Sentences
When the ambulances responded and approached the area, aerial surveillance monitors informed the soldiers on the ground of the convoy "advancing suspiciously".
Rather than slide into polemic or tragic melodrama, Nguyen leans into the tension between the four half-siblings to unpack the complicated roles that surveillance, big tech and journalism play in our fractured modern state.
Officers reviewed surveillance camera video of the crime and identified the suspect as Williams, police said.
The person covered one surveillance camera with duct tape but was filmed by a separate camera throwing a chunk of concrete at the car multiple times and cutting the tires, police said.
He is the CEO of Kelluu, a company that originally expected its technology to be used by climate researchers, but pivoted to becoming a surveillance platform targeted at cities, governments and research institutions in 2022.
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