Spying synonyms
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Part of speech:
A group or gathering of admirers, adherents, or disciples:
wiretapping
The installation or monitoring of wiretaps.
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The act of spying
To secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others.
interference (related)
An act or instance of interfering
intrusion (related)
The act of intruding
(Obs.) A spy
Surveillance is the close observation of someone, often in order to catch them in wrongdoing.
A finding out or being found out
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undercover work
the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes
Descry is defined as to discover or detect something.
To think of (something) in a particular way; regard:
To ascertain; find out:
1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4:
To scrutinize is to look at something very closely or very carefully.
To search as a scout:
To come into view; show or appear gradually or partially, as though from hiding
To notice is to learn about or see something for the first time, or giving someone or something attention.
Meddle is defined as intrude in someone else's life or business.
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To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
Examine is defined as to analyze, inspect or carefully study.
To be the first to find out, see, or know about
To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
To hold in view; look at; see; regard
To follow at one's heels:
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To follow behind, esp. in a lagging manner
To hunt or chase with or as with hounds; chase or follow continually; nag
To search; seek
To see or view briefly or incompletely.
Discern is defined as to recognize someone or something as different from someone or something else.
investigating (related)
The definition of investigate is to look into something or someone in order to try to discover the truth or to piece together a sequence of events.
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Find another word for spying. In this page you can discover 42 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for spying, like: watching, prying, following, observing, wiretapping, voyeurism, overflight, espionage, snooping, interference and intrusion.