surveil

verb

sur·​veil sər-ˈvāl How to pronounce surveil (audio)
surveilled; surveilling

transitive verb

: to subject to surveillance

Examples of surveil in a Sentence

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Amid the Los Angeles Uprising, the LAPD, INS, and other government agencies coordinated to surveil, seize, interrogate, and deport undocumented immigrants. V.n. Trinh / Made By History, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025 When employers surveil employees, workers feel micromanaged, which leads to resentment and dissatisfaction. Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024 Another was technology used to surveil beyond international norms. Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025 One is the Nucleic Acid Observatory, a project developing ways to surveil wastewater and other sources and notice when novel pathogens start showing up. Dylan Matthews, Vox, 3 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for surveil 

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from surveillance

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of surveil was in 1884

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“Surveil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surveil. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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