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stakeout

/steyk-out/US // ˈsteɪkˌaʊt //UK // (ˈsteɪkaʊt) slang, mainly US and Canadian //

盯梢,监视,盯梢活动,盯梢调查

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the surveillance of a location by the police, as in anticipation of a crime or the arrival of a wanted person.
    • : the place from which such surveillance is carried out.
    • : something that is bounded or separated by or as if by stakes, especially property, territory, or the like that one identifies or claims as one's own.

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Examples

  • The team did stakeouts while the unsuspecting neighborhood slept.

  • After a short stakeout, police nabbed Kid Riviera at a South Side apartment building.

  • These stakeouts lasted four hours on average, although they could run as long as 30 hours.

  • When you're a reporter it's a stakeout; when you're a blogger, it's just stalking.

  • It's your first time with this stakeout business, that's all.