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IPA guide. Other forms: surveilling; surveilled. To surveil is to spy on someone, the way a television private eye sits in her car and uses binoculars to surveil the show's villain. The noun surveillance came first, from the French surveiller, "to oversee or watch."
verb (used with object) , sur·veilled, sur·veil·ling. to place under surveillance. surveil. / sɜːˈveɪl / verb. to observe closely the activities of (a person or group) Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of surveil 1. First recorded in 1965–70; back formation from surveillance. Discover More. Word History and Origins.
6 days ago · surveil in British English. or surveille (sɜːˈveɪl ) verb (transitive) to observe closely the activities of (a person or group) Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C20: back formation from surveillance.
Jan 17, 2023 · ( 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 Bryan A. Garner.
6 days ago · verb (transitive) to observe closely the activities of (a person or group) Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C20: back formation from surveillance. Word Frequency. surveil in American English. (sərˈveɪl ) verb transitive Word forms: surˈveilled or surˈveilling.
5 days ago · to observe closely the activities of (a person or group) Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C20: back formation from surveillance. Examples of 'surveille' in a sentence. surveille.
Surveilled definition: Simple past tense and past participle of <i><a>surveil.</a></i>.
