Hypertext Webster Gateway: "surveillance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Surveillance \Sur*veil"lance\, n. [F., fr. surveiller to watch
over; sur over + veiller to watch, L. vigilare. See {Sur-},
and {Vigil}.]
Oversight; watch; inspection; supervision.
That sort of surveillance of which . . . the young have
accused the old. --Sir W.
Scott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
surveillance
n : close observation of a person or group
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