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Definition of Stakeout
1. Noun. Surveillance of some place or some person by the police (as in anticipation of a crime).
Definition of Stakeout
1. Noun. The act of watching a location, generally covertly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stakeout
1. a surveillance of an area especially by the police [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stakeout
Literary usage of Stakeout
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Financial Investigations: A Financial Approach to Detecting and Resolving Crimesby Don Vogel by Don Vogel (1999)
"A common term for stationary surveillance is stakeout. The surveillance on Jonathan
Pollard began as a stakeout. But when Pollard and his wife decided to ..."
2. Mosca: A Factual Fiction by Richard Miller (1997)
""I'm on my way over," he said to his stakeout man. "I'm dressed like a Hell's
Angel." Soon he was being taxied along Broadway through the tunnel to Columbus ..."
3. Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National by John Walter Osborne (1854)
"... substitute the powdered leaves of a leguminous plant, which stupefy the prey
so that they can be caught by hand. Sometimes, also, they stakeout asort of ..."
4. Federal Immigration Law Enforcement in the Southwest: Civil Rights Impacts by John F. Dulles (1998)
"In this case, five Border Patrol agents set up a stakeout in a remote location
known as Mari- copa Canyon. Two of the agents, Thomas Watson and Michael ..."
5. The Elementary School Teacher and Course of Study by JSTOR (Organization), University of Chicago School of Education (1902)
"To determine the length of the pace: (a) stakeout a square acre and pace its
perimeter. Obtain length of your pace. (/>) Measure and stake out over rough ..."
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