surveil
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of surveil
First recorded in 1965–70; back formation from surveillance
Example Sentences
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Among its accusations, the labor organization also alleged that guild management has “surveilled workers for union activity, terminated union supporters, and engaged in bad faith surface bargaining.”
From Los Angeles Times
They are just data brokers doing business, they say, and it’s not their fault if what they gather and sell is used to subdue and surveil people.
From Salon
Among its accusations, the labor group also said that guild management has “surveilled workers for union activity, terminated union supporters, and engaged in bad faith surface bargaining.”
From Los Angeles Times
Still more people have been surveilled and captured in DHS databases, with federal agents in some cases holding cellphones inches from their faces to scan their features, or else taking pictures of their license plates.
From Salon
Critics fear it would allow governments to surveil citizens' payments or even cut them off from the money supply.
From Barron's
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