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stakeout

stakeout noun: the act of watching a location or people, generally covertly.

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 stakeout

pluralstakeouts

Origin of stakeout

Deverbal from stake out.

Questions about stakeout

What does stakeout mean?
Stakeout means the act of watching a location or people, generally covertly.
What part of speech is stakeout?
Stakeout is a noun.
What is the plural of stakeout?
The plural of stakeout is stakeouts.

Words near stakeout in the dictionary

  1. stakehorses
  2. stakehorsing
  3. stakelike
  4. stakenet
  5. stakenets
  6. stakeout
  7. stakeouts
  8. staker
  9. stakers
  10. stakes
  11. stakes a claim

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