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How to pronounce stakeout in English?

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Type of surveillance

Examples of stakeout

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Bo was relieved when his vision led to Hope and Roman at a motel on a stakeout.
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Then in the second scene, the two partners go on a stakeout, and they botch it.
From the timesunion.com
But after a multi-agency stakeout, cosmic detectives have blown the dwarf's cover.
From the newscientist.com
The press segment was better, a cameraman's-eye view of a grand jury stakeout.
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While hanging with a buddy on a stakeout, Stone gets caught in the crossfire.
From the latimes.com
On Wednesday, investigators ended their stakeout at the 300-unit apartment complex.
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They decide to pull an all-night stakeout in order to catch the perpetrators.
From the en.wikipedia.org
His car was cornered after a stakeout Sunday night outside an apartment.
From the thenewstribune.com
The media did their usual stakeout thing to record the historic occasion.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • Surveillance of some place or some person by the police (as in anticipation of a crime)
  • A stakeout is the coordinated hidden surveillance of a location or person for the purpose of gathering evidence, especially in regard to criminal activity. The term derives from the practice by surveyors of using stakes to measure out an area before the main building project is commenced.
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  • The Rescue Patrol are a team of four Autobot Micromasters that were released in 1989. The second most well known team of Autobot Micromasters in the U.S. ...
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  • "The Stake Out" is the second episode of the first season of the NBC comedy Seinfeld. It was first aired on May 31, 1990. The episode was written by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David and directed by Tom Cherones. ...
  • A main chain with separate short chains to attache several dogs to. May be strung between the front and back bumpers of a truck, or between two trees.