See Also: Surveillance(medicine)
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surveillance (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: surveiller 'to watch over', from sur- ( SURCHARGE) + veiller 'to watch' (from Latin vigil; VIGIL)]
when the police, army, etc watch a person or place carefully because they may be connected with criminal activities
surveillance of
::24-hour surveillance of the building
under surveillance
::They were under constant close surveillance day and night.
::The suspects were kept under surveillance .
::electronic surveillance equipment
when one country watches the military activities of another country to see what they are planning to do
::a surveillance mission
::surveillance aircraft
when doctors, health departments etc watch an ill person or watch the development of a disease in a population
under surveillance
::Diane was placed under psychiatric surveillance.