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
Neil Irwin, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
Jumping back in time, Knight and Parker are staking out the warehouse for any movement, and Parker mentions that a hair band that Moreno left behind in the REACT training room is the same colorful rainbow kind that Nexus uses to sort their dirty cash.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 15 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
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
Jumping back in time, Knight and Parker are staking out the warehouse for any movement, and Parker mentions that a hair band that Moreno left behind in the REACT training room is the same colorful rainbow kind that Nexus uses to sort their dirty cash.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Stakeout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stakeout. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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