surveillance
[noun]
Synonyms: observation, inspection, scrutiny, supervision, watch

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Related Idioms: peeled eye, watchful (or weather) eye
Related Words: surveyance

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English Thesaurus: spy, agent/secret agent, double agent, mole, informer, ...

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sur‧veil‧lance /səˈveɪləns $ sər-/ noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: surveiller 'to watch over', from sur- ( ⇒ surcharge) + veiller 'to watch' (from Latin vigil; , vigil)]

1. when the police, army etc watch a person or place carefully because they may be connected with criminal activities
surveillance of
24-hour surveillance of the building
under surveillance
They were under constant close surveillance day and night.
The suspects were kept under surveillance.
electronic surveillance equipment

2. when one country watches the military activities of another country to see what they are planning to do:
a surveillance mission
surveillance aircraft

3. when doctors, health departments etc watch an ill person or watch the development of a disease in a population
under surveillance
Diane was placed under psychiatric surveillance.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

surveillance
noun
ADJ. close, constant, regular, round-the-clock, routine | covert | aerial, CCTV/closed-circuit television, electronic, satellite, video | military, police
VERB + SURVEILLANCE be under The suspects are under police surveillance.
keep/place/put sb/sth under The country's borders are kept under constant surveillance.
carry out, mount The army carried out covert surveillance of the building for several months.
increase, reduce
SURVEILLANCE + NOUN camera, device, equipment | method, operation, system | aircraft | flight | team

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

spy someone whose job is to find out secret information about another country:
Stalin controlled a network of spies.
The film is basically a spy story.
agent/secret agent someone who works for a government or police department in order to get secret information about another country or organization:
a secret agent working for MI5
He is the FBI’s best undercover agent (=one who works secretly and pretends to be someone else).
double agent someone who finds out an enemy country’s secrets for their own country but who also gives secrets to the enemy:
a former CIA double agent who also worked for the KGB
mole someone who works for an organization while secretly giving information to its enemies:
A mole in the government was leaking information to the press.
informer someone who secretly tells the police about criminal activities, especially for money:
Acting on information from an informer, the police raided the house.
espionage the work that spies do:
He is serving a 20-year prison sentence for espionage.
spying the action of secretly collecting information about a person, country, or organization:
Several embassy officials had been arrested for spying.
surveillance activity in which the police, army, etc watch a person or place carefully because they may be connected with criminal activities:
24-hour surveillance of the building
The police have had him under surveillance (=have been watching him)for months.
covert operations secret military activities against an enemy:
These planes are used by British Intelligence for covert operations.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

spying the action of secretly collecting information about a person, country, or organization:
Several embassy officials had been arrested for spying.
espionage spying. Espionage is more formal than spying:
Zakharov was charged with espionage.
The company carried out a campaign of industrial espionage against its main rival.
Double agents are quite commonplace in the world of espionage.
surveillance activity in which the police, army, etc watch a person or place carefully because they may be connected with criminal activities:
24-hour surveillance of the building
The police have had him under surveillance (=have been watching him)for months.
covert operations secret military activities against an enemy:
These planes are used by British Intelligence for covert operations.

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Surveillance
This involves the monitoring of trade practices to help ensure that governments implement their obligations under trade agreements. One of the objectives of the negotiating group on Functioning of the GATT System (FOGS) is to improve GATT surveillance of trade policies and practices of Contracting Parties.

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