Definition of stakeout
: a surveillance maintained by the police of an area or a person suspected of criminal activity
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Examples of stakeout in a Sentence
The drug deal was witnessed during a stakeout of the building.
The police were on a stakeout.
Recent Examples of stakeout from the Web
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Map shows where East Area Rapist struck in Sacramento The Visalia attacks ended after area police began saturating neighborhoods with stakeouts designed to catch the Ransacker.
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Also outstanding is the photo-essay by Pipo Nguyen-duy of Oberlin, who used a tiny hotel room in Ho Chi Minh City in his native Vietnam as a stakeout for shots of the unusually vibrant and eccentric goings-on in a small alley and plaza outside.
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In 2012, Dumke and Joravsky wrote about a police stakeout of a grow house on the far south side.
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After multiple stakeout nights and a stealthy car tailing, the desperate officers come up empty handed.
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Rare bird stakeouts are stressful for birders, especially for those who travel long distances for the chance to see the rarity.
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This was not Katie’s first rodeo with an after-school stakeout.
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The Euclid Police Department conducted a lengthy investigation that included undercover stakeouts and neighborhood canvassing.
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Although the Christian Specht stakeout was the RIP's first project, the Omaha World-Herald reports that each member of Buckingham's team has previous field experience.
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First Known Use of stakeout
circa 1942
stake out
Definition of stake out
1
: to assign (someone, such as a police officer) to an area usually to conduct a surveillance
2
: to maintain a stakeout of
3
: to claim as one's own
First Known Use of stake out
1951
STAKEOUT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of stakeout for English Language Learners
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: a situation in which the police secretly watch a place in order to look for illegal activity
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