stake ‧ out /ˈsteɪkaʊt/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
when the police watch a place secretly and continuously in order to catch someone who is doing something illegal
stake ‧ out /ˈsteɪkaʊt/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
when the police watch a place secretly and continuously in order to catch someone who is doing something illegal
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012