SURVEIL
Dictionary entry overview: What does surveil mean? • SURVEIL (verb)
The verb SURVEIL has 1 sense:
1. keep under surveillance
Familiarity information: SURVEIL used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SURVEIL (verb)
Meaning:
Keep under surveillance
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
surveil; survey; follow
Context example:
The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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