filature
Meanings
Noun
1. filature
2. spinning factory
3. watch, surveillance
Examples3
Les gendarmes l'ont pris en filature.
The police put him on watch.
La police a mené une opération de filature.
Police conducted covert surveillance.
Mon mari et moi étions fileurs, mais notre filature nous a menés à la faillite.
My husband and I were spinners, but our spinning company drove us to ruin.