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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
surveil .
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Examples
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In regard to censorship, Bentham’s notion of the Panopticon, which was later discussed by Foucault in relation to internalization of censorship by individuals who are never sure whether they are being surveilled, is brought up:
Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Clive Thompson’s nuanced article on Google in China 2006
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Have to wonder whether any of the reported billions of private U.S. calls surveilled by NSA can help locate who pilfered the 200,000 stolen AK-47s thought to now possibly be in the hands of ACTUAL “terrists” instead of the intended recipient Iraqi police?
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The Pentagon was and remains among the most 'surveilled' buildings in the world.
Why were 'first responders' de-contaminated at the Pentagon? 2008
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I am regularly "surveilled" by the Chinese, the French, the South Koreans, Australia, Canada, various agencies in the US alphabet soup agencies ...
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I am regularly "surveilled" by the Chinese, the French, the South Koreans, Australia, Canada, various agencies in the US alphabet soup agencies ...
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Well, this isn't the first time that you've been "surveilled," as they say.
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Cuevas noted that big city mayors like Quan or Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa are, by electoral and structural necessity, required to act like any of their predecessors, who headed up police forces that attacked, surveilled and even killed those perceived as a threat to the establishment.
Roberto Lovato: Occupy Oakland Faces A Troubled Police Department --and Historic Mayor Roberto Lovato 2011
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The Nixon CIA sent a team of 16 covert agents that surveilled Anderson and his family and his staff around the clock for weeks, months at a time.
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The Nixon CIA sent a team of 16 covert agents that surveilled Anderson and his family and his staff around the clock for weeks, months at a time.
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And on August 11, 2006, the ringleader, Mohamad Shnewer, surveilled the base and told the government informant, This is exactly what we are looking for.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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