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stake-out

stake-out is the alternative form of stakeout.

Meaning of stakeout

Noun

stakeout (plural stakeouts)

  1. The act of watching a location or people, generally covertly.
    • The police had a stakeout in place where they expected the crime to occur.

Forms of stake-out

pluralstake-outs

Questions about stake-out

What is stake-out the alternative form of?
Stake-out is the alternative form of stakeout.

Words near stake-out in the dictionary

  1. stake one's life
  2. stake out
  3. Stake Pool
  4. stake-driver
  5. stake-drivers
  6. stake-out
  7. stakebed
  8. stakebeds
  9. stakebodies
  10. stakebody
  11. stakebuilding

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