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spy

Definition for spy

noun as in person who secretly finds out about another's business

verb as in secretly follow, watch another's actions

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Burkina Faso's military government says it has arrested eight members of a Dutch-based humanitarian organisation, accusing them of "spying and treason".

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The UK's most senior prosecutor has said a case involving two men accused of spying for China collapsed because he could not obtain evidence from the government referring to China as a national security threat.

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Downing Street has strongly denied the government was involved in the collapse of a prosecution against two men accused of spying for China.

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Scientists had thought chimps were docile vegetarians, but on this day about three months after her arrival, Goodall spied a group of the apes feasting on something pink.

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Shooters opened fire from pickup truck beds and atop ladders, used drones to spy on targets and maintained caches of automatic weapons in storage units.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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