Stalking vs Surveillance - What's the difference?
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Hunting for game by moving silently and stealthily or by waiting in ambush
The crime of following or harassing another person, causing him or her to fear death or injury
The removal of stalks from bunches of grapes prior to winemaking
Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.
Continuous monitoring of disease occurrence for example.
(military, espionage) Systematic observation of places and people by visual, aural, electronic, photographic or other means.
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(legal) In criminal law, an investigation process by which police gather evidence about crimes, or suspected crime, through continued observation of persons or places.
As nouns the difference between stalking and surveillance
is that stalking is stalking (crime of following or harassing another person, causing him or her to fear death or injury) while surveillance is close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.stalking
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(wikipedia stalking) (en noun)surveillance
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(en noun)citation, passage=The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance , intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty.}}