surveil
Verb
Verb Forms: surveilled, surveilling, surveils
- To keep under close observation, especially a suspected person.
- keep under surveillance
- To keep someone or something under surveillance.
Examples
- The player tried to surveil his opponent’s tile rack from across the table.
Origin / Etymology
1903. Back-formation from surveillance (but compare also French surveiller and the variant surveille).
Scrabble Score: 10
surveil: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsurveil: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
surveil: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
surveil: valid Words With Friends Word