Surveillance vs Interception - What's the difference?
surveillance | interception |
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.
An act of intercepting something, the state of being intercepted, or a thing that is intercepted.
(American football) A passing play where the ball is received by the opposing team.
(rugby) a pass that is intercepted by an opposing player.
As nouns the difference between surveillance and interception
is that surveillance is close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion while interception is an act of intercepting something, the state of being intercepted, or a thing that is intercepted.surveillance
English
(wikipedia surveillance)Noun
(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.}}