government surveillance

collocation in English

meaningsofgovernmentandsurveillance

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government
noun
uk
/ˈɡʌv.ən.mənt/us
/ˈɡʌv.ɚn.mənt/
the group of people who officially control ...
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surveillance
noun[U]
uk
/səˈveɪ.ləns/us
/sɚˈveɪ.ləns/
the careful watching of a person or place, especially by the police or army, because of a crime that has happened or ...
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(Definition ofgovernmentandsurveillancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The criminal code and constitution prohibit arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence, however, there are reports ofgovernmentsurveillance, wiretapping, and e-mail account monitoring.
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These links were critical to the success of regulations that requiredgovernmentsurveillanceof production, prices, and exchange.
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He became the subject of regulargovernmentsurveillancefor over twenty years and earned a police dossier as being a subversive and dangerous communist.
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More than 20 bills have been written with the goal of reining ingovernmentsurveillancepowers.
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He claims that privacy laws only increasegovernmentsurveillance.
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Despite constantgovernmentsurveillanceand his house arrest, he would continue to be involved in pro-democracy movements during the late 1990s.
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But this summers revelations highlighted the urgent need to reformgovernmentsurveillancepractices worldwide.
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But in the digital age, nothing is ever forgotten, so appropriate discarding of the results ofgovernmentsurveillancemust be mandated.
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More than 20 bills have been written since the disclosures began with the goal of reining ingovernmentsurveillancepowers.
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There, they faced difficult working conditions, discrimination,governmentsurveillance, and vigilante violence.
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The criminal code and constitution prohibit arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence, however, there are reports ofgovernmentsurveillance, wiretapping, and e-mail account monitoring.
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