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Definition of Surveillance

Surveillance

  1. Oversight; watch; inspection; supervision.
Racism is a moral catastrophe, most graphically seen in the prison industrial complex and targeted police surveillance in black and brown ghettos rendered invisible in public discourse.
Cornel West

If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an unprecedented scheme of political surveillance and sabotage.
Katharine Graham

I did surveillance a lot, which sounds exciting, but it never was.
Miranda Lambert

Police in Washington D.C. are now using cameras to catch drivers who go through red lights. Many congressmen this week opposed the use of the red light cameras incorrectly assuming they were being used for surveillance at local brothels.
Dennis Miller

Facebook is not your friend, it is a surveillance engine.
Richard Stallman

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