Usually means: Monitor, observe, or watch closely.
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  1. surveil: Merriam-Webster
  2. surveil: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. surveil: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. surveil: Collins English Dictionary
  5. surveil: Vocabulary.com
  6. surveil: Wordnik
  7. surveil: Wiktionary
  8. surveil: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. surveil: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. surveil: Dictionary.com
  11. surveil: Rhymezone
  12. surveil: FreeDictionary.org
  13. surveil: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. surveil: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. surveil: Encyclopedia

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  1. SURVEIL: Acronym Finder

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Definitions from Wiktionary (surveil)

▸ verb:  (transitive, US) To keep someone or something under surveillance.

Similar:
surveille, resurveil, bewatch, monitorize, survise, keep watch, monitor, have eyes on, invigilate, oversee, more...

Opposite:
unsurveil, unmonitor, unwatch

Phrases:
To Surveil with Love, more...

Adjectives:
constant, close, special, strict, electronic

Colors:
    black,     gray,     dark blue,     charcoal,     midnight blue, more...

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Similar:
surveille, resurveil, bewatch, monitorize, survise, keep watch, monitor, have eyes on, invigilate, oversee, more...

Opposite:
unsurveil, unmonitor, unwatch

Phrases:
To Surveil with Love, more...

Adjectives:
constant, close, special, strict, electronic

Colors:
    black,     gray,     dark blue,     charcoal,     midnight blue, more...



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