Surveil (Verb)
Meaning
Keep under surveillance; "The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing".
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Examples
- The intelligence agency had been instructed to surveil the suspect for any suspicious activities.
- Local authorities are using closed-circuit cameras and other tools to surveil the high-crime area.
- The company uses monitoring software to surveil its employees' internet usage during work hours.
- National security forces had to surveil the members of a notorious terrorist organization to gather vital information.
- As part of the investigation, detectives were ordered to surveil the suspect's known associates.