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to surveil
01
to watch or monitor someone or something closely, especially to gather information
Transitive: to surveil sb/sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
surveil
3rd person singular
surveils
Present participle
surveilling
Past simple
surveilled
Past participle
surveilled
Examples
The police decided to surveil the suspect's house to gather evidence.
Lexical Tree
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