stakeouts
Covert police monitoring
Stakeouts are periods of covert surveillance, typically by law enforcement watching a location for criminal activity or waiting for a suspect to appear: The detectives spent three nights on stakeout outside the warehouse.
The term evokes long hours in parked cars with coffee and binoculars.
Extended to any patient watching and waiting: Her stakeout of the mailbox finally paid off when the letter arrived.
Attentive watching or remark
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- watchingActively looking at something
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
investigation · binoculars · unmarked car · plainclothes · vigil · tracking · covert · suspect
Process of working
- detectivesThose who solve crimes
- FBIU.S. domestic intelligence agency
- narcoticsDrugs inducing sleep, numbness
- bustFailure or sculpture
arrest · warrant · backup · radio · partner · shift · coffee · donuts
One who gathers news
- paparazziAggressive celebrity photographers
- celebrityWidely recognized public figure
- tabloidSensationalist newspaper format
- scoopFirst-reported story
exclusive · camera · telephoto · doorstep · waiting · tipoff · story · breaking news
Suspense-driven narrative genre
- crime novelFiction about solving offenses
- proceduralFollowing set steps
- noirHard-boiled film genre
- tensionStretched or strained state
suspense · protagonist · partner · dialogue · climax · plot device · genre · trope
observation
Attentive watching or remark
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- watchingActively looking at something
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
detective · investigation · binoculars · unmarked car · plainclothes · vigil · tracking · covert · suspect · target
operation
Process of working
- detectivesThose who solve crimes
- FBIU.S. domestic intelligence agency
- narcoticsDrugs inducing sleep, numbness
bust · arrest · warrant · backup · radio · partner · shift · coffee · donuts · boredom
reporter
One who gathers news
- paparazziAggressive celebrity photographers
- celebrityWidely recognized public figure
- tabloidSensationalist newspaper format
scoop · exclusive · camera · telephoto · doorstep · waiting · tipoff · story · breaking news · expose
thriller
Suspense-driven narrative genre
- crime novelFiction about solving offenses
- proceduralFollowing set steps
- noirHard-boiled film genre
tension · suspense · protagonist · partner · dialogue · climax · plot device · genre · trope · hardboiled
- police workpatrol, arrests, arrest, stings, investigation
- policingpatrol, police powers, arrests, police officer, arrest
- investigationinvestigation, detective, evidence, clue, case
- covert activitiesspying, sneaking, eavesdropping, snooping, hiding
- policeofficer, cop, officers, patrol, cops
- securitysecurity guard, security cameras, alarm system, security system, lock
stakeoutspursuits
Activities one engages in
chases · hot pursuits · manhunts · foot chases · car chases