Synonyms for SURVEILLANCE
sərˈveɪ ləns, -ˈveɪl yənssur·veil·lance

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1. surveillance

   A person may look over a matter in order to survey it carefully in its entirety, or he may look over it with no attention to the thing itself because his gaze and thought are concentrated on something beyond; oversight has thus two contrasted senses, in the latter sense denoting inadvertent error or omission, and in the former denoting watchful supervision, commonly implying constant personal presence; superintendence requires only so much of presence or communication as to know that the superintendent's wishes are carried out; the superintendent of a railroad will personally oversee very few of its operations; the railroad company has supreme direction of all its affairs without superintendence or oversight. Control is used chiefly with reference to restraint or the power of restraint; a good horseman has a restless horse under perfect control; there is no high character without self-control. Surveillance is an invidious term signifying watching with something of suspicion. Compare CARE; NEGLECT.

   Synonyms:
   care, charge, command, control, direction, inspection, management, oversight, superintendence, supervision, watch, watchfulness

Princeton's WordNet

1. surveillancenoun

   close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)

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1. • Police Work

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1. surveillancenoun

   Synonyms:
   [Fr.] superintendence, inspection, oversight, supervision, care, charge, control, direction, management

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1. List of paraphrases for "surveillance":

   monitoring, supervision, supervisory, oversight, monitor, vigilance, control, watch, scrutiny, reconnaissance, observation, watchdog, reconnaisance, monitored

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1. Maya Wang:

   If you look at China's surveillance measures during the coronavirus outbreak, from the development of health codes to installation of surveillance cameras to enforce quarantine, we're seeing an increasingly intrusive use of surveillance technologies that were previously only seen in particularly repressed regions, like Xinjiang, the surveillance measures being implemented during Covid-19, are unfortunately — if not pushed back — going to live with us for a very long time.

2. Branden Condy:

   More surveillance cameras then followers lately

3. Antony Blinken:

   In my call today with Director Wang Yi, I made clear that the presence of this surveillance balloon in US airspace is a clear violation of US sovereignty and international law, that it’s an irresponsible act, and that the (People’s Republic of China) decision to take this action on the eve of my planned visit is detrimental to the substantive discussions that we were prepared to have.

4. Karen Effinger:

   I hope these studies will inform patients and physicians about some of the potential problems survivors face and will help to encourage better surveillance, in adolescent and young adult patients, we need to continue to research the spectrum of late effects.

5. Cheryl Furler:

   About three dozen police vehicles, including an armored truck, and four ambulances responded to the shooting. The Whitehall and Allentown police departments, and Pennsylvania State Police troopers, were on the scene, The Morning Call reported. No arrests havebeen made as of Sunday, and no motive behind the shooting was released. Investigatorswerereviewing surveillance footage in hopes of identifying a suspect. Authorities called for anyone in the mall at the time of the shooting who may have cell phone video of the incident to contact police. NEARLY 100 PROTESTERS ARRESTED AT ABOLISH ICE PROTESTS IN NYC Lehigh Valley Hospital and St. Lukes University Hospital were put on alert in case anyone injured left the mall undetected before law enforcement arrived, The Morning Call reported. Allentown Police Capt.Mike Becker told The Associated Press that Allentown Police Capt.Mike Becker department was assisting Whitehall Township Police but had no other information to share. Cheryl Furler, an employee at Bath Body Works, told WFMZ that Cheryl Furler and about 50 other people barricaded themselves in the stockroom. We took filing cabinets and pushed them up against the doors.