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Surveillance

/səɹˈveɪ.ləns/

Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.

📖 Definitions of "Surveillance"

noun
  1. 1

    Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.

  2. 2

    Continuous monitoring of disease occurrence for example.

  3. 3

    Systematic observation of places and people by visual, aural, electronic, photographic or other means.

  4. 4

    In criminal law, an investigation process by which police gather evidence about crimes, or suspected crime, through continued observation of persons or places.

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