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- Dictionarysurveillance/səˈveɪləns/
noun
- 1. close observation, especially of a suspected spy or criminal: "he found himself put under surveillance by British military intelligence"
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SURVEILLANCE definition: 1. the careful watching of a person or place, especially by the police or army, because of a crime…. Learn more.
Surveillance is used by citizens, for instance for protecting their neighborhoods. It is widely used by governments for intelligence gathering, including espionage, prevention of crime, the protection of a process, person, group or object, or the investigation of crime.
The meaning of SURVEILLANCE is close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective); also : supervision. How to use surveillance in a sentence.
SURVEILLANCE meaning: 1. the careful watching of a person or place, especially by the police or army, because of a crime…. Learn more.
Surveillance is the careful watching of someone, especially by an organization such as the police or the army.
Definition of surveillance noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. the act of carefully watching a person suspected of a crime or a place where a crime may be committed synonym observation. The police are keeping the suspects under constant surveillance.
Watch or guard kept over a person, etc., esp. over a suspected person, a prisoner, or the like; often, spying, supervision; less commonly, supervision for the purpose of direction or control, superintendence. Vast depôts of..property..in the rooms belonging to the office of the committee of Surveillance.
The systematic observation of aerospace, surface, or subsurface areas, places, persons, or things, by visual, aural, electronic, photographic, or other means. See also air surveillance; satellite and missile surveillance; sea surveillance.
SURVEILLANCE definition: the activity of watching someone carefully, especially by the police or army, because they are…. Learn more.
Many times, a person suspected of something illegal by the authorities is placed under surveillance, meaning he or she is closely watched to see if their suspicions are well-founded.
