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Word: surveillance (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • Close observation of an individual or group, especially one under suspicion
  • Continuous monitoring of disease occurrence for example
  • legal In criminal law, an investigation process by which police gather evidence about crimes, or suspected crime, through continued observation of persons or places.
  • military Systematic observation of places and people by visual, aural, electronic, photographic or other means.

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