stakeout

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noun

The act of watching a location or people, generally covertly.

“The police had a stakeout in place where they expected the crime to occur.”

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Meanings

nounstakeout (plural stakeouts)

plural stakeouts

  1. The act of watching a location or people, generally covertly.

    The police had a stakeout in place where they expected the crime to occur.

Origin

Deverbal from stake out.

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Translations

Bulgarian полицейско наблюдение
  • полицейско наблюдение (policejsko nabljudenie)covertly watching a location
Dutch surveillance
  • surveillancecovertly watching a location
French planque
  • planquecovertly watching a location
Hungarian titkos megfigyelés
  • titkos megfigyeléscovertly watching a location
Italian sorveglianza
  • sorveglianzacovertly watching a location
Polish obserwacja
  • obserwacjacovertly watching a location
Russian слежка, скрытое наблюдение
  • слежка (sležka)covertly watching a location
  • скрытое наблюдение (skrytoje nabljudenije)covertly watching a location
Spanish atisbadura
  • atisbaduracovertly watching a location
Swedish spaning, span
  • spaningcovertly watching a location
  • spancovertly watching a location

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

stakeout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stakeout

MLA

“stakeout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stakeout. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stakeout,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stakeout.

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