peril vs surveillance

peril

noun
  • A situation of serious and immediate danger. 

  • An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event. 

  • Something that causes, contains, or presents danger. 

verb
  • To cause to be in danger; to imperil; to risk. 

surveillance

noun
  • Systematic observation of places and people by visual, aural, electronic, photographic or other means. 

  • Continuous monitoring of disease occurrence for example. 

  • Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion. 

  • In criminal law, an investigation process by which police gather evidence about crimes, or suspected crime, through continued observation of persons or places. 

How often have the words peril and surveillance occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )