Resolution resolved: The United States federal government should substantially curtail its domestic surveillance. Violations

SURVEILLANCE IS CAREFUL OBSERVATION

Surveillance is careful observation

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Surveillance noun

The act of carefully watching: lookout, vigil, vigilance, watch. Idiom: watch and ward.
Surveillance is carefully watching

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surveillance

noun sur·veil·lance \sər-ˈvā-lən(t)s also -ˈvāl-yən(t)s or -ˈvā-ən(t)s\

: the act of carefully watching someone or something especially in order to prevent or detect a crime

Full Definition of SURVEILLANCE

: close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective); also : supervision