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stakeout definition

☆ stake·out (-o̵ut′)

noun

  1. the staking out of police, etc. in a surveillance of a location, suspected criminal, etc.
  2. an area so staked out

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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