snoop

[ US /ˈsnup/ ]
[ UK /snˈuːp/ ]
NOUN
  1. a spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others
VERB
  1. watch, observe, or inquire secretly
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How To Use snoop In A Sentence

  • During World War II, he developed a camera a hundred times more powerful than the iconoscope, which was the first night-vision camera, called the sniperscope or snooperscope, and he worked on radio-controlled missiles.
  • While he pours her feelings out, she treads very carefully and doesn't make the reader feel as though they are crashing into her personal life or snooping into her diary.
  • Dey allowed de patterollers to snoop around an 'whup de slaves, mother said dey stripped some of de slaves naked an' whupped 'em. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1
  • Roll up that tent every mornin case Forest Service snoops around.
  • In theory, it might make sense to give judges the power to grant snooping applications. The Sun
  • And if the neighbour dares to try and poke his nose in, pretending to wish me many happy returns when all he really wants is a good snoop around, he'll wish he hadn't.
  • I've always enjoyed snooping around other people's homes. Times, Sunday Times
  • The government has promised to strengthen protections against police snooping. Times, Sunday Times
  • This is why she shouldn't be snooping in my private letters, for crying out loud!
  • Snoop Dogg left Mr. Knight's Death Row Records a year after that, and the label slowly declined. NYT > Home Page
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