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Policing vs Surveil - What's the difference?

policing | surveil |

As verbs the difference between policing and surveil

is that policing is while surveil is (nonstandard) to keep someone or something under surveillance.

policing

English

(wikipedia policing)

Verb

(head)
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)
    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= How algorithms rule the world , passage=The use of algorithms in policing' is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is ' policing their use.}}

    surveil

    English

    Verb

  • (nonstandard) To keep someone or something under surveillance.
  • :The plaintiff also stresses that the store as a whole, and the customer exits especially, were closely surveilled .
  • ::Alexandre of London v. Indem. Ins. Co., 182 F. Supp. 748, 750 (United States District Court for the District of Columbia) (1960), cited in Bryan A. Garner. A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage (2nd ed., 2001) p. 861