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stakeout

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stake⋅out

  [steyk-out]
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–noun
1. the surveillance of a location by the police, as in anticipation of a crime or the arrival of a wanted person.
2. the place from which such surveillance is carried out.
3. something that is bounded or separated by or as if by stakes, esp. property, territory, or the like that one identifies or claims as one's own.
Origin:
1940–45; n. use of v. phrase stake out
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stake·out   (stāk'out')   
n.  Surveillance of an area, building, or person, especially by the police.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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stakeout

  1. n.
    a person who is positioned to observe someone or something. (See also stake (so/sth) out.) : The stakeout stuck out like a sore thumb—standing there under the streetlight reading a paper. , The stakeout was one of Marlowe's best operatives.
  2. n.
    a (police) assignment where someone is positioned to observe someone or something. : The stakeout at the warehouse backfired. They only found cats.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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