surveillance
C1UK /sɜːˈveɪləns/US /sɜːrˈveɪləns/
Meaning
noun
the act of carefully watching a person suspected of a crime or a place where a crime may be committed
“The police are keeping the suspects under constant surveillance.”
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“to create less to try less to talk less to think less the chilling effect of digital surveillance is profound and it touches everything what a small unimaginative world we would end”
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