stake out vs valuate

stake out

verb
  • To mark off the limits by stakes 

  • To watch a location and/or people, generally covertly. 

  • To end the game by hitting the stake peg in the middle of the court. 

valuate

verb
  • To estimate the value of something; to appraise or to make a valuation. 

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