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spy
verb (FIND SECRETS) /spaɪ/Definition
C1 [I] to secretly collect and report information about the activities of another country or organization: He was arrested for spying on missile sites.Spying and espionage spy out informal › to get knowledge secretly, especially of a place: I generally like to spy out restaurants before I go to eat in them.Spying and espionage
(Definition of spy verb (FIND SECRETS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- agent noun (SPY)
- agent provocateur noun
- counter-espionage noun
- counterintelligence noun
- double agent noun
- MI5 noun
- MI6 noun
- on the inside idiom
- phone tapping noun
- quisling noun
- scout noun (SOLDIER)
- spook noun (PERSON)
- spy noun
- spy on sb/sth phrasal verb
- tail noun (PERSON FOLLOWING)
- tap noun (PHONE)
- tap verb (PHONE)
- the CIA noun
- wired up adjective
- wiretapping noun
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