English-Finnish translations for surveil

• tarkkailla
  Ulkomaalaiselle poliisille annettu oikeus tarkkailla tai tehdä pidätyksiä toisessa jäsenvaltiossa tarkoittaa tietenkin sitä, että työtä voidaan tehostaa. Giving foreign police the right to take over surveillance or make arrests in another Member State obviously means that the work concerned can be done more efficiently.
• valvoa
  Meidän on myös valvottava avaruutta, jotta voimme valvoa avaruusinfrastruktuuria ja suojella satelliittejamme. We also need space surveillance to monitor our space infrastructure and protect our satellites.
  Valvoin koko yön.
  Hän valvoo, että kaikki sujuu niin kuin pitäisi.

Definition of surveil

• To keep someone or something under surveillance

Examples

• The plaintiff also stresses that the store as a whole, and the customer exits especially, were closely surveilled.
• Alexandre of London v. Indem. Ins. Co., 182 F. Supp. 748, 750 (United States District Court for the District of Columbia) (1960), cited in [http://books.google.com/books?id=35dZpfMmxqsC&pg=PA861&lpg=PA861&dq=%22The+plaintiff+also+stresses+that+the+store+as+a+whole,+and+the+customer+exits+especially,+were+closely+surveilled.%22&source=bl&ots=k8vXUBrdEe&sig=Tky7ERso11ceN-T1gTrok7D_QaU&hl=en&ei=RB3nS8vzF4H88Aap5NSNDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22The%20plaintiff%20also%20stresses%20that%20the%20store%20as%20a%20whole%2C%20and%20the%20customer%20exits%20especially%2C%20were%20closely%20surveilled.%22&f=false Bryan A. Garner. A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage (2nd ed., 2001)] p. 861

Related words

• surveillance
• countersurveillance
• cybersurveillance
• telesurveillance
• cyber-surveillance
• surveille
• surveillance camera
• surveillance monitor
• surveillance state