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surveil.

To keep someone or something under surveillance.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/sɚˈveɪl/General-American/səˈveɪl/Received-Pronunciation
  1. To keep someone or something under surveillance.

    US · transitive
    The plaintiff also stresses that the store as a whole, and the customer exits especially, were closely surveilled.
Where this word comes from

Back-formation from surveillance (but cf. French surveiller and its variant surveille). First attested in 1903.

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