electronic surveillance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofelectronicandsurveillance
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electronic
adjective
uk/ˌel.ekˈtrɒn.ɪk/us/iˌlekˈtrɑː.nɪk/
(especially of equipment), using, based on, or used in a system of operation that involves the control of electric current by ...
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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 ofelectronicandsurveillancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Both training and technology in the intelligence field became much more advanced, emphasising better techniques for gathering information (including the introduction ofelectronicsurveillance) and improved analysis of data.
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Implementation of anelectronicsurveillancesystem would potentially decrease the time to recognition of a cluster of unexplained illness and consequently should be addressed as a priority.
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So it would be much better to have some control over theseelectronicsurveillancedevices.
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The tactics of the press and the growth ofelectronicsurveillancecannot be allowed to continue without some control.
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Electronicsurveillancehas been a great help in many cases.
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It virtually ignores the enormous technological advances which have madeelectronicsurveillanceso easy, so accessible and so inexpensive.
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We appreciate that in any conflict of this nature, especially with modernelectronicsurveillance, targets will present themselves for attack at very short notice.
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We have received a number of complaints about advertising material produced by organisations offering information-gathering services, which may includeelectronicsurveillance.
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If one combines that with the growth ofelectronicsurveillancetechniques, the problem reaches worrying proportions.
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I think that the whole subject ofelectronicsurveillancedemands consideration in a wider field.
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The armed forces employ a wide range ofelectronicsurveillancesystems.
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With the growth ofelectronicsurveillance, all 659 of us are vulnerable to such trespassing on our rights.
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Can he see whetherelectronicsurveillancemethods which would be manned for 24 hours a day could be adopted there at an early date?
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However, as with the police in the 1990s, we saw an emphasis on spy satellites and otherelectronicsurveillanceto fulfil the intelligence gathering role.
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Is not this matter given added importance by the controversy overelectronicsurveillancedata that has blown up in the past three days?
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The debate was about the lack of legislation coveringelectronicsurveillancedevices.
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The majority of nations do not seek to imposeelectronicsurveillanceon diplomatic bags.
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