Sur‐veil″lance (?), n. [F., fr. surveiller to watch over; sur over + veiller to watch, L. vigilare. See Sur-, and Vigil.] Oversight; watch; inspection; supervision.
That sort of surveillance of which... the young have accused the old. Sir W. Scott.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.