Surveillance (Noun)
Meaning
Close observation of a person or group (usually by the police).
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The police had been conducting surveillance on the suspect for weeks before making the arrest.
- The government was accused of using surveillance to monitor the activities of dissident groups.
- The detective was tasked with setting up surveillance on the victim's house to catch the stalker.
- The team's surveillance of the warehouse revealed a hidden entrance that the smugglers had been using.
- The politician was under surveillance by the opposition party's investigators, who were looking for evidence of scandal.