[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

surveillance \surveil"lance\, n. f., fr. surveiller to watch
   over; sur over + veiller to watch, l. vigilare. see sur-,
   and vigil.
   oversight; watch; inspection; supervision.
   1913 webster

         that sort of surveillance of which . . . the young have
         accused the old.                         --sir w.
                                                  scott.
   1913 webster
see also:
sur- vigil 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

surveillance
     n : close observation of a person or group usually by the
         police

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

70 moby thesaurus words for "surveillance":
   accountability, ambuscade, ambush, ambushment, auspices, blind,
   booby trap, bossing, bugging, care, charge, cloak-and-dagger work,
   counterespionage, counterintelligence, custodianship, custody,
   eagle eye, electronic surveillance, espial, espionage, eye,
   following, guard, guardedness, guardianship, intelligence,
   intelligence work, intendance, invigilation, jurisdiction, lookout,
   lurking hole, military intelligence, monitoring, observance,
   observation, oversight, peeled eye, proctoring, prudence, qui vive,
   reconnaissance, responsibility, scrutiny, secret police,
   secret service, shadowing, sharp eye, spying, stakeout,
   stalking-horse, stewardship, superintendence, supervision, tab,
   tailing, tout, trailing, trap, vigil, vigilance, wariness, watch,
   watch and ward, watchful eye, watchfulness, watching, weather eye,
   wiretap, wiretapping

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