Definitions for stakeout

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stakeout stake·out

Spelling: [steyk-out]

IPA: /ˈsteɪkˌaʊt/

Stakeout is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 231 anagrams from letters in stakeout (aekosttu).

Definitions for stakeout

noun

1. the surveillance of a location by the police, as in anticipation of a crime or the arrival of a wanted person.
2. the place from which such surveillance is carried out.
3. something that is bounded or separated by or as if by stakes, especially property, territory, or the like that one identifies or claims as one's own.

Origin of stakeout

First recorded in 1940-45; noun use of verb phrase stake out

Examples for stakeout

When you're a reporter it's a stakeout; when you're a blogger, it's just stalking.

It's your first time with this stakeout business, that's all.