Surveillance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Surveillance	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Surveillance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
surveillance n close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Surveillance \Surveil"lance\, n. [F., fr. surveiller to watch over; sur over + veiller to watch, L. vigilare. See {Sur-}, and {Vigil}.] Oversight; watch; inspection; supervision. That sort of surveillance* of which . . . the young have accused the old. --Sir W. Scott.