stakeout
About 0.06 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The act of watching a location or people, generally covertly.
The police had a stakeout in place where they expected the crime to occur.
Similar words
surveillance monitoring stash hide supervision hiding hideout spinning oversight spot
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Word family
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