- the use of such electronic devices as television monitors, video cameras, etc to prevent burglary, shop lifting, break-ins, etc
- the monitoring of events, conversations, etc at a distance by electronic means, esp by such covert means as wiretapping or bugging
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electron′ic surveil′lance,
- Electronicssurveillance or the gathering of information by surreptitious use of electronic devices, as in crime detection or espionage.
- 1970–75
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electronic surveillance n