surveillance

Noun

close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)
Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.
Continuous monitoring of disease occurrence for example.
Systematic observation of places and people by visual, aural, electronic, photographic or other means.
In criminal law, an investigation process by which police gather evidence about crimes, or suspected crime, through continued observation of persons or places.

Origin / Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French surveillance (“a watching over, overseeing, supervision”), from surveiller (“to watch, oversee”), from sur- (“over”) + veiller (“to watch”), from Middle French, from Old French veillier (“to stay awake”), from Latin vigilāre (“to be watchful”). More at vigilant.

Scrabble Score: 17

surveillance: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
surveillance: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
surveillance: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 23

surveillance: valid Words With Friends Word