surveillance

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noun

Surveillance is the close observation of someone, often in order to catch them in wrongdoing.

An example of surveillance is a private detective hired to follow a cheating spouse before divorce proceedings.

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surveillance

1. close watch kept over someone, esp. a suspect
2. constant observation of a place or process
supervision or inspection

Origin of surveillance

French from surveiller, to watch over from sur- (see sur-) + veiller from Classical Latin vigilare, to watch, wake

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surveillance

noun

Close observation of a person or group, especially one under suspicion.
The act of observing or the condition of being observed.

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Noun

(plural surveillances)

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

Origin

Borrowing from French surveillance (“a watching over, overseeing, supervision"), from surveiller (“to watch, oversee"), from sur- (“over") + veiller (“to watch"), from Middle French, from Old French veillier (“to stay awake"), from Latin vigilÄre, present active infinitive of vigilÅ (“I am watchful"). More at vigilant.

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surveillance - Computer Definition

See connected camera, CCTV and network camera.

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surveillance - Legal Definition

n

A legal investigative process entailing a close observing or listening to a person in effort to gather evidentiary information about the commission of a crime, or lesser improper behavior (as with surveillance of wayward spouse in domestic relations proceedings). Wiretapping, eavesdropping, shadowing, tailing, and electronic observation are all examples of this law-enforcement technique.