[conspire] Folk etymology for fun and profit.

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Nick Moffitt (nick at zork.net):

> I understand that it's a term of art in law enforcement these days, but
> I've always been irked by the verb "to surveil". 

It struck me as a badly conceived neologism, too.  I'd have taken the
long path around that particular pit, e.g., "How many times have you
conducted surveillance against Mr. Reiser?"

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