stakeout
The act of watching a location or people, generally covertlyThe act of watching a location or people, generally covertly.
» The detective was dreading the stakeout.
evan10593 · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesThe act of watching a location or people, generally covertly.
The police had a stakeout in place where they expected the crime to occur.
слежкаsležka, скрытое наблюдениеskrytoje nabljudenije
- surveillance of some place or some person by the police (as in anticipation of a crime)
Examples
4 sentencesThe detective was dreading the stakeout.
Stakeouts were a tiring affair; waiting hour after hour for something criminal to happen.
I think we had a total of twenty-four inspectors on stakeout in private cars that night.
We learned from the stakeout that she leaves her classroom unlocked after third period while she goes to the bathroom.
Translations
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Origin
Deverbal from stake out.Deverbal from stake out.
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