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surveil

Surveil (verb) means to keep someone or something under surveillance.

verb
1
To keep someone or something under surveillance.
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Etymology

Back-formation from surveillance (but cf. French surveiller and its variant surveille). First attested in 1903.

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"surveil" (verb) means to keep someone or something under surveillance.

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