stake out
to survey a building or location before an action
TRANSLATION
auskundschaften, ausspionieren, überwachen
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"SAN FRANCISCO, California - 45-year-old suspect, Harold White, has been charged with one of the more bizarre crimes to hit this unusual city. He has been charged with disturbing the peace with a high powered magnet! It seems that White would stake out piercing parlors thereupon following women who recently had body parts pierced. He would then get close to them with his magnet in an attempt to "sexually stimulate" his victims with the magnet."
(Bizarre News - August 2001)
(Bizarre News - August 2001)
Did you
know?
Did you know?
This phrase dates from 1951 and means:
: to assign (as a police officer) to an area usually to conduct a surveillance
The simple word "stake" has several meanings. Just scan these:
1. A piece of wood or metal pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a marker, fence pole, or tent peg.
2a. A vertical post to which an offender is bound for execution by burning. b. Execution by burning. Used with the: condemned to the stake.
3. A vertical post secured in a socket at the edge of a platform, as on a truck bed, to help retain the load.
4. Sports & Games a. Money or property risked in a wager or gambling game. Often used in the plural. See synonyms at bet. b. The prize awarded the winner of a contest or race. c. A race offering a prize to the winner, especially a horserace in which the prize consists of money contributed equally by the horse owners.
5a. A share or an interest in an enterprise, especially a financial share. b. Personal interest or involvement: a stake in her children's future.
NOTE: the phrase "at stake" means in danger, or at risk.
This phrase dates from 1951 and means:
: to assign (as a police officer) to an area usually to conduct a surveillance
The simple word "stake" has several meanings. Just scan these:
1. A piece of wood or metal pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a marker, fence pole, or tent peg.
2a. A vertical post to which an offender is bound for execution by burning. b. Execution by burning. Used with the: condemned to the stake.
3. A vertical post secured in a socket at the edge of a platform, as on a truck bed, to help retain the load.
4. Sports & Games a. Money or property risked in a wager or gambling game. Often used in the plural. See synonyms at bet. b. The prize awarded the winner of a contest or race. c. A race offering a prize to the winner, especially a horserace in which the prize consists of money contributed equally by the horse owners.
5a. A share or an interest in an enterprise, especially a financial share. b. Personal interest or involvement: a stake in her children's future.
NOTE: the phrase "at stake" means in danger, or at risk.
