surveil
Etymology 1903. Back-formation from [[surveillance#English Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /sɚˈveɪl/
  • (RP) IPA: /səˈveɪl/
Verb

surveil (surveils, present participle surveiling; simple past and past participle surveiled)

  1. (transitive, US) To keep someone or something under surveillance.
    The plaintiff also stresses that the store as a whole, and the customer exits especially, were closely surveilled.
    Alexandre of London v. Indem. Ins. Co., 182 F. Supp. 748, 750 (United States District Court for the District of Columbia) (1960), cited in [http://books.google.com/books?id=35dZpfMmxqsC&pg=PA861&lpg=PA861&dq=%22The+plaintiff+also+stresses+that+the+store+as+a+whole,+and+the+customer+exits+especially,+were+closely+surveilled.%22&source=bl&ots=k8vXUBrdEe&sig=Tky7ERso11ceN-T1gTrok7D_QaU&hl=en&ei=RB3nS8vzF4H88Aap5NSNDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22The%20plaintiff%20also%20stresses%20that%20the%20store%20as%20a%20whole%2C%20and%20the%20customer%20exits%20especially%2C%20were%20closely%20surveilled.%22&f=false Bryan A. Garner. A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage (2nd ed., 2001)] p. 861
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