stakeout

See also: stake out

English

Etymology

stake +‎ out, from the verb phrase.

Noun

stakeout (plural stakeouts)

The act of watching a location and/or people, generally covertly.
The police had a stakeout in place where they expected the crime to occur.

Translations

covertly watching a location

Dutch: surveillance (nl) f
Italian: sorveglianza (it)

Russian: слежка (ru) f (sležka), скрытое наблюдение (skrytoje nabljudenije)

Anagrams

outskate, outtakes, takeouts, takes out

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