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stakeout
stake·out S0697700 (stāk′out′)n. Surveillance of an area, building, or person, especially by the police.stakeout (ˈsteɪkaʊt) n1. (Law) a police surveillance of an area, house, or criminal suspect2. (Law) an area or house kept under such surveillancevb (Law) (tr, adverb) to keep under surveillancestake•out (ˈsteɪkˌaʊt)
n. the surveillance of a location or a suspect by the police, as to intercept a wanted person. [1940–45] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | stakeout - surveillance of some place or some person by the police (as in anticipation of a crime)surveillance - close observation of a person or group (usually by the police) |
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stakeout1. The surveillance or close observation of someone, something, or some area, especially by police. We're on a stakeout to see if we can get evidence that Johnny Miggs has taken control of the cartel.2. A person or group of people performing such an operation. I think that flower van parked across the street is a stakeout—they've been there all day.stakeout1. n. a person who is positioned to observe someone or something. (see also stake someone/something out.) The stakeout stuck out like a sore thumb—standing there under the streetlight reading a paper. The stakeout was one of Marlowe’s best operatives. 2. n. a (police) assignment where someone is positioned to observe someone or something. The stakeout at the warehouse backfired. They only found cats. stakeout
stakeout Slang chiefly US and Canadian1. a police surveillance of an area, house, or criminal suspect 2. an area or house kept under such surveillance stakeout
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