surveil
verbUS /sɚˈveɪl/ · UK /səˈveɪl/
Etymology 1903. Back-formation from surveillance (but compare also French surveiller and the variant surveille).
1
US To keep someone or something under surveillance.
- The plaintiff also stresses that the store as a whole, and the customer exits especially, were closely surveilled.
- Derived terms
- resurveil, surveilee, surveiler, surveillable, unsurveilled