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STAKEOUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stakeout mean?
• STAKEOUT (noun)
The noun STAKEOUT has 1 sense:
1. surveillance of some place or some person by the police (as in anticipation of a crime)
Familiarity information: STAKEOUT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surveillance of some place or some person by the police (as in anticipation of a crime)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("stakeout" is a kind of...):
surveillance (close observation of a person or group (usually by the police))
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