stakeout
monitoring an area, building or person
TRANSLATION
stakeout = die Überwachung --- GOOGLE INDEX stakeout: approximately 000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Police STAKEOUT fails to catch suspected Hells Angel shooter
(San Jose Mercury News)
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When the man left his room to check out on May 26, federal agents confronted him in the hallway outside his room and asked him to step into the room where they'd organized their STAKEOUT.
(USA Today)
(San Jose Mercury News)
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When the man left his room to check out on May 26, federal agents confronted him in the hallway outside his room and asked him to step into the room where they'd organized their STAKEOUT.
(USA Today)
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stakeout (verb = stake out)
noun
- surveillance of an area, building, or person, especially by the police
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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Yogurt stakeout
Police in Germany staked out a lay-by for two days to catch a lorry driver dumping a yogurt pot on the grass.
Street cleaners at Donauwoerth complained to police that a banana yogurt pot and a spoon had been dumped on the verge every day for years.
Council spokesman Walter Langer said: "It's no joke. Over the years we have collected more than a thousand yogurt cartons, one each day, with the spoon and a piece of aluminium foil."
Police were rewarded after 30 hours on stakeout when they caught Michael Carstensen, 55. He was fined £250.
(source: The London Mirror)
Etymology: Stakeout stems from the verb "stake," meaning to mark an area of land with a stake (a piece of wood). The verb "stake out" is also used in a figurative sense to describe claiming something for oneself. This might include something like concert seats (They waited in line all night to stake out seats near the stage) or even an opinion (The candidates staked out their positions on the Euro bail-out).
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SYNONYMS
surveillance, tail, vigil, observation
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Let's do a stakeout of the guests before deciding the seating arrangements for dinner."
noun
- surveillance of an area, building, or person, especially by the police
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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Yogurt stakeout
Police in Germany staked out a lay-by for two days to catch a lorry driver dumping a yogurt pot on the grass.
Street cleaners at Donauwoerth complained to police that a banana yogurt pot and a spoon had been dumped on the verge every day for years.
Council spokesman Walter Langer said: "It's no joke. Over the years we have collected more than a thousand yogurt cartons, one each day, with the spoon and a piece of aluminium foil."
Police were rewarded after 30 hours on stakeout when they caught Michael Carstensen, 55. He was fined £250.
(source: The London Mirror)
Etymology: Stakeout stems from the verb "stake," meaning to mark an area of land with a stake (a piece of wood). The verb "stake out" is also used in a figurative sense to describe claiming something for oneself. This might include something like concert seats (They waited in line all night to stake out seats near the stage) or even an opinion (The candidates staked out their positions on the Euro bail-out).
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SYNONYMS
surveillance, tail, vigil, observation
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Let's do a stakeout of the guests before deciding the seating arrangements for dinner."
