Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Surveillance \Sur*veil"lance\, n. [F., fr. surveiller to watch
over; sur over + veiller to watch, L. vigilare. See Sur-,
and Vigil.]
Oversight; watch; inspection; supervision.
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That sort of surveillance of which . . . the young have
accused the old. --Sir W.
Scott.
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