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Spying — Spy Spy (sp[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spied} (sp[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spying}.] [OE. spien, espien, OF. espier, F. [ e]pier, OHG. speh[=o]n, G. sp[ a]hen; akin to L. specere to see, Skr. spa[,c]. [root] 169. Cf. {Espy}, v. t., {Aspect},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Spying on the United Nations — In March 2003 it was revealed that the National Security Agency had been spying on the United Nations Security CouncilFact|date=April 2008 including the phone conversions of Secretary General Kofi Annan himselfFact|date=April 2008. The spying was … Wikipedia
spying — noun espionage … Wiktionary
spying — Synonyms and related words: bugging, cloak and dagger work, counterespionage, counterintelligence, detection, electronic surveillance, espial, espionage, following, intelligence, intelligence work, looking, lookout, military intelligence, note,… … Moby Thesaurus
spying — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. overflight, watching, observing, prying, following, wiretapping, voyeurism; see also interference 2 , intrusion . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. espionage, intelligence gathering, reconnaissance, infiltration,… … English dictionary for students
spying — n. act of working for a government as a spy; act of secretly investigating and gathering information about other people; seeing, observing spaɪ n. person who is employed by a government to gather information on other countries, secret agent;… … English contemporary dictionary
spying — noun Syn: espionage, intelligence gathering, surveillance, infiltration … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
spying — To watch or listen to secretly. See eavesdropping spy wiretapping … Black's law dictionary
spying — noun 1. keeping a secret or furtive watch • Derivationally related forms: ↑spy • Hypernyms: ↑watch, ↑vigil 2. the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes • Syn: ↑undercover work … Useful english dictionary
spying-glass — … Useful english dictionary
