stake·out
ˈstāk-ˌau̇t 
: a surveillance maintained by the police of an area or a person suspected of criminal activity
staked out; staking out; stakes out
1
: to assign (someone, such as a police officer) to an area usually to conduct a surveillance
2
: to maintain a stakeout of
3
: to claim as one's own
Examples of stakeout in a Sentence
Noun
The drug deal was witnessed during a stakeout of the building.
The police were on a stakeout.
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 1 Sep. 2024
There’s a coda with Axel, Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and Taggart (John Ashton) that recreates their famous stakeout in the first film.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 July 2024
Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 24 Oct. 2024
Yellen's comments stake out the position of those — including essentially all mainstream economists — who see trade as broadly beneficial for Americans and tariffs as an inflationary force that do more harm than good.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Left to do nothing but watch their target on hidden cams, Bravo’s stakeout turned into what Friends‘ Ross might call Truth Day.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 1 Sep. 2024
There’s a coda with Axel, Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and Taggart (John Ashton) that recreates their famous stakeout in the first film.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 July 2024
Verb
In his letter to the president, the chief had tried to focus attention on the police department’s need for resources without staking out a political position on immigration.
—Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 24 Oct. 2024
Yellen's comments stake out the position of those — including essentially all mainstream economists — who see trade as broadly beneficial for Americans and tariffs as an inflationary force that do more harm than good.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Stakeout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stakeout. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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