Following and Surveillance

Following

Following noun - A body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person.

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Surveillance and following are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Surveillance" instead a noun "Following".

Nearby Words: follow, follower, followed

Surveillance noun - The duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control.

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Following and surveillance are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Following" instead a noun "Surveillance".

close	close following	close surveillance
high	high following	high surveillance
actual	actual following	actual surveillance
massive	massive following	massive surveillance
Other adjectives: great, careful, worldwide.

Following Martha's defection, the FBI put surveillance on the mail robot she's known to tamper with.

Source: Series / The Americans
She also seems to enjoy visiting and following him for purposes of surveillance but in a way you might expect someone to follow their crush Michael himself asks her are you flirting with me.

Source: Foe Yay / Live-Action TV
Yet its message of extreme surveillance became even more prevalent in the following years, particularly once The War on Terror led to a bump in government-endorsed CCTV and wiretaps.

Source: Values Resonance

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