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. Robert Suttle:

   With this surveillance, Robert Suttle could be connected to many different people or considered to be the source that transmitted to all these other people.

2. Neil Ferguson:

   However, the detection of three cases outside China is worrying. We calculate, based on flight and population data, that there is only a 1 in 574 chance that a person infected in Wuhan would travel overseas before they sought medical care. This implies there might have been over 1,700 cases in Wuhan so far, there are many unknowns, meaning the uncertainty range around this estimate goes from 190 cases to over 4,000. But the magnitude of these numbers suggests that substantial human-to-human transmission can not be ruled out. Heightened surveillance, prompt information sharing and enhanced preparedness are recommended.

3. Jacob Appelbaum:

   There’s a lot of people who have conflicted interest where they’re supposed to protect Americans, but at the same time, they think they can do that by violating people’s rights constantly and recording data, especially with mass surveillance, i find this stuff to be so frustrating because while they can be sources of legitimate intelligence, there can be lots of collateral damage.

4. Michael Levine:

   But let them tell you this, and point out to them that the lack of camera surveillance may also be grounds for a lawsuit blaming the whole incident on lax security.

5. Samia Maktouf:

   We will do all we can to get the French state convicted for failing to prevent terrorists, some of whom were under judicial surveillance, from carrying out their act.