stakeout

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stakeout

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Deverbal from stake out.

noun stakeouts

The act of watching a location or people, generally covertly. The police had a stakeout in place where they expected the crime to occur.

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noun covertly watching a location

Español	atisbadura
Français	planque
Italiano	sorveglianza
Русский	слежка sležka, скрытое наблюдение skrytoje nabljudenije

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"stakeout." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/stakeout. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"stakeout." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/stakeout.

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@misc{stakeout_2026,
  title = {stakeout},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stakeout},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}