Definition of "surveil" []

• To keep under surveillance. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "This article is daft and not just for its grating use of the non-word "surveil"."
• "Avert your eyes whenever you pass a surveil-cam, keep your heads down and your faces blank, entertain no thought that could possibly play across your expressions and betray you."
• "But the announcement also sparked fresh concerns that the government may be using mobile technology to surveil its residents."