surveillance

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The magazine said the style of the surveillance was almost identical to that used by the former East Germany's notorious Stasi secret police.

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  1. noun Close observation of a person or group, especially one under suspicion.
  2. noun The act of observing or the condition of being observed.

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  • Now consider non-financial applications such as those based on automatic number plate recognition (ANPR), surveillance, GPS, RFID or other sensor data. —  Independent Information Technology and business analysis from IT-Director.com
  • Reports of this surveillance were sent to at least seven federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, including the National Security Agency, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and Anne Arundel County police departments, and the state General Services Police. —  AfterDowningStreet.org - Bush-Cheney Trials in '09
  • He called the surveillance program "one of the great success stories of the intelligence business in the last century." —  Top Stories - Google News
  • Its three main activities -- surveillance, technical assistance and lending -- are intended to meet these goals. —  IdahoStatesman.com News Updates
  • National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency are sponsoring an annual demonstration called Empire Challenge, which "seeks to improve interoperability of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance activities" among end users. —  CNET News.com
 

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/sərˈveɪlyəns/
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