stakeout



stakeout

1. n. a person who is positioned to observe someone or something. (see also stake someone/something out.) The stakeout stuck out like a sore thumb—standing there under the streetlight reading a paper. The stakeout was one of Marlowe’s best operatives.
2. n. a (police) assignment where someone is positioned to observe someone or something. The stakeout at the warehouse backfired. They only found cats.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
NedeljkaNED-e-lykahCroatian, Serbian
RutaRUW-tahPolish
Mirabella-Italian
Levent-Turkish
Halvor-Norwegian
Minakshi-Hinduism, Indian, Hindi