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electronic surveillance

noun

  1. surveillance or the gathering of information by surreptitious use of electronic devices, as in crime detection or espionage.


electronic surveillance

noun

  1. the use of such electronic devices as television monitors, video cameras, etc, to prevent burglary, shop lifting, break-ins, etc
  2. monitoring events, conversations, etc, at a distance by electronic means, esp by such covert means as wiretapping or bugging
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of electronic surveillance1

First recorded in 1970–75
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Example Sentences

A National Guardsman at an outpost scanned the terrain with electronic surveillance cameras.

In 2004, the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency launched Operation Folklore, a three-year investigation which targeted Stevenson with unprecedented electronic surveillance and forensic financial analysis.

From BBC

I'm in possession of a document personally signed by J. Edgar Hoover authorizing electronic surveillance on my mother's apartment in Baltimore in 1950.

From Salon

The researchers used data on emergency room visits from an electronic surveillance program used by states and the federal government to detect the spread of diseases.

Prisoners are risk assessed before release and are subject a number of conditions afterwards, including electronic surveillance and residence at an approved address.

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