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stakeout

Definition

  • noun: a situation in which the police secretly watch a place in order to look for illegal activity
  • noun: a surveillance maintained by the police of an area or a person suspected of criminal activity
  • synonyms: bugging, cloak-and-dagger work, counterespionage

Examples

  • The drug deal was witnessed during a 'stakeout' of the building.

  • The police were 'on a stakeout'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) And he's hilarious. - Now that's not fair. - You know. So where did you meet this guy? I staked out his health club. When you're on a stakeout... ...do you find it's better to stand up against the wall... ...or kind of crouch down behind a big plant? You know, I think that... (..)
    1990 TvShow: Seinfeld Title: The Stakeout Season: 1 Episode 2