STAKEOUT

Stakeout

Stakeout is a 1987 crime-comedy film directed by John Badham and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn, and Forest Whitaker. Although the story is set in Seattle, Washington, the movie was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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stake out

Verb

  1. To mark off the limits by stakes; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road.
  2. To end the game by hitting the stake peg in the middle of the court.


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stakeout

Noun

  1. The act of watching a location, generally covertly.
    The police had a stakeout in place where they expected the crime to occur.


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