spying

[ US /ˈspaɪɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /spˈa‍ɪɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes
  2. keeping a secret or furtive watch
  3. the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
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How To Use spying In A Sentence

  • A reporter has been arrested outside the home of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie for spying on the star couple with binoculars..
  • If he did agree to work for the rebels and became a double agent, spying for the CAS, he'd get two paychecks.
  • The 11 men had allegedly been involved in spying.
  • If Nixon had survived the "third-rate burglary" at the Watergate, how long would his enemies list have grown, and how emboldened would he have become in spying on political rivals? News industry's depression has spillover implications
  • Mr. Bush also objects to a provision that would create a committee to examine his warrantless spying program.
  • Donovan delivered more than he received from Fitin; he sent the Russian reports on oil terminals in Romania, the location of German spare parts depots, Abwehr spying on the Soviets in Turkey, gossip Dulles picked up on Hitler and Göring, along with a sampling of OSS toys, such as the suitcase radio, pistol silencers, pocket incendiaries, and a portable microfilm set with miniature camera for agents photographing documents in the field. Wild Bill Donovan
  • What everyone can do against such a spying network: use your noddle and encrypt your emails.
  • His job as a diplomat was a blind for his spying.
  • The sinister, murky world of espionage is laid bare in this revised and updated edition of Philip Knightley's powerful book about spies and spying in the 20th century.
  • Social network analysis could be used for something more useful than spying on employees.
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