eavesdrop

/ˈiːvzdrɒp/ verb [I] (present participle eavesdropping, past tense and past participle eavesdropped)

Translation

› to secretly listen to a conversation

gizlice dinlemek

He stood outside the door eavesdropping on their conversation.1086

eavesdropper noun [C] ›

başkalarının konuşmalarını gizli bir şekilde dinleyen

(Definition of eavesdrop verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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