surveillance

  • 11surveillance — is pronounced sǝ vay lǝns, with the ll articulated …

    Modern English usage

  • 12surveillance — [n] close observation, following body mike*, bug*, bugging*, care, control, direction, eagle eye*, examination, eye, inspection, lookout, peeled eye*, scrutiny, spying, stakeout, superintendence, supervision, surveyance, tab*, tail*, tap*, track* …

    New thesaurus

  • 13surveillance — ► NOUN ▪ close observation, especially of a suspected spy or criminal. ORIGIN French, from sur over + veiller watch …

    English terms dictionary

  • 14surveillance — [sər vā′ləns; ] occas. [, sərvāl′yəns] n. [Fr < surveiller, to watch over < sur (see SUR 1) + veiller < L vigilare, to watch, WAKE1] 1. a) close watch kept over someone, esp. a suspect b) constant observatio …

    English World dictionary

  • 15Surveillance — For other uses, see Surveillance (disambiguation). A nest of surveillance cameras at the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts Surveillance ( …

    Wikipedia

  • 16Surveillance — La surveillance est la fonction d’observer les activités de personnes ou groupes d individus. Dans le domaine purement technique, on parle aussi de supervision ou de monitoring. La surveillance peut être secrète ou évidente. Celle ci a toujours… …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 17Surveillance —    For the Russian and security services, physical and technical surveillance was a critical tool. The Okhrana conducted surveillance of dissidents by intercepting mail and through close physical surveillance of suspects and their associates. In… …

    Historical dictionary of Russian and Soviet Intelligence

  • 18surveillance — n. 1) to conduct, maintain surveillance 2) to keep; place smb. under surveillance 3) around the clock, constant; close, strict surveillance (she was placed under strict surveillance) 4) electronic surveillance 5) under surveillance * * * [sɜː… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 19Surveillance —    Russia is one of many countries in the world that exercises a high degree of government surveillance over its citizens. Western obsessions with the KGB (and the tsarist secret police in an earlier era) have exaggerated the myth of the watchful …

    Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation

  • 20surveillance — sur|veil|lance [səˈveıləns US sər ] n [U] [Date: 1800 1900; : French; Origin: surveiller to watch over , from sur ( SURCHARGE) + veiller to watch (from Latin vigil; VIGIL)] 1.) when the police, army, etc watch a person or place carefully because… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English