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

Surveillance is the act of watching people or place

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Definition of "surveillance" - American English Dictionary

Surveillance noun [U] us /sərˈveɪ·ləns/

› the act of watching a person or a place, esp. a person believed to be involved with criminal activity or a place where criminals gather: The parking lot is kept under video surveillance.

Surveillance is keeping watch over

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sur•veil•lance (sərˈveɪ ləns, -ˈveɪl yəns) n.

1. a watch kept over someone or something, esp. over a suspect, prisoner, etc.: under police surveillance.

2. supervision or superintendence.
Surveillance is observation

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surveillance

noun observation, watch, scrutiny, supervision, control, care, direction, inspection, vigilance, superintendence He was arrested after being kept under constant surveillance.

Quotations

"Big Brother is watching you" [George Orwell 1984]