superveillance/ˌsupɚˈveɪ.ləns/EtymologyBlend of supervision + surveillance.nounSupervision taken too far, bordering on surveillance.“Even the curiosity of royalty was excited; and His Majesty George III., with that degree of bonhommie which led him to inquire into the private circumstances of many of his subjects, who little thought of such inquisitorial superveillance, condescended to make himself master of the secret.”