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单词 stakeout
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stakeout

(steɪkaʊt) also stake-out
Word forms: plural stakeouts
countable noun
If police officers are on a stakeout, they are secretly watching a building for evidence of criminal activity.

stakeout in British English

(ˈsteɪkaʊt) slang, mainly US and Canadian
noun
1. 
a police surveillance of an area, house, or criminal suspect
2. 
an area or house kept under such surveillance
verb stake out
3. (tr, adverb)
to keep under surveillance

stakeout in American English

(ˈstækˌaʊt)
US
noun
1. 
the staking out of police, etc. in a surveillance of a location, suspected criminal, etc.
2. 
an area so staked out

Examples of 'stakeout' in a sentence
stakeout

They slipped in among the exiting tourists to avoid being noticed by Carl in the tree truck, who was now on the stakeout for Major Karnes.
Arden, William THE MYSTERY OF THE PURPLE PIRATE (2003)
So Bob will position himself halfway in between and relay messages from one stakeout to the other!
Arden, William THE MYSTERY OF THE PURPLE PIRATE (2003)
You give him any normal kind of logical stakeout and he'll smell it.
Duncan, Robert L THE SERPENT'S MARK (2003)
Tim left, ate a quick sandwich, and sat stakeout from 11: 30 to 2: 30, in case Bowrick decided to make a lunchtime stop.
Gregg Hurwitz THE KILL CLAUSE (2003)
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