Talk:surveil

Neologism
To defend my claim of neologism: "surveil is a relatively new, and decidedly useful, verb corresponding to the noun surveilance." - A dictionary of modern legal usageBy Bryan A. Garner Edition: 2 - 2001, p. 861 --71.111.229.19 20:43, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
 * How about - standard English would be survey:. Mglovesfun (talk) 20:45, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
 * At least in the sentence quoted as an example in the definition, I don't think survey would be a synonym, however.--Dpr 17:07, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * As of 2022, the backformation surveil seems like it's no longer a neologism and no longer restricted to US English, with surveillance capitalism by GAFAM (where you are the raw material, the "new oil") leading to the usage of surveil as a verb more and more widely ... Boud (talk) 20:37, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

first recorded use
A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage --Espoo (talk) 18:28, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

surveille
Surveille is a variant: the letter l doubles in the inflections of the verb surveil, unlike in (as)sail or veil, and AmE has canceled but mostly cancellation. It's a counterintuitive spelling similar to those of control. --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:32, 13 October 2021 (UTC)