plural stakeouts
: a situation in which the police secretly watch a place in order to look for illegal activity
The drug deal was witnessed during a stakeout of the building.
The police were on a stakeout.
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“Stakeout.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/stakeout. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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