Vocabulary Word
Word: surveillance
Definition: close observation of a person (esp. one under suspicion); watching; guarding
Definition: close observation of a person (esp. one under suspicion); watching; guarding
Sentences Containing 'surveillance'
But wherefore it was that after having repeatedly smelt the sea as a merchant sailor, I should now take it into my head to go on a whaling voyage; this the invisible police officer of the Fates, who has the constant surveillance of me, and secretly dogs me, and influences me in some unaccountable way--he can better answer than any one else.
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