STAKEOUT

stakeout

(noun) surveillance of some place or some person by the police (as in anticipation of a crime)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

stakeout (plural stakeouts)

The act of watching a location and/or people, generally covertly.

Anagrams

• outskate, outtakes, takeouts, takes out

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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