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spy
noun as in person who secretly finds out about another's business
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agent, detective, informer, investigator, mole, operative, secret agent, secret service, undercover agent
Strong matches
emissary, lookout, observer, patrol, plant, scout, sleeper, sleuth, snoop, spotter, watcher
Weak matches
double agent, espionage agent, foreign agent, inside agent, intelligencer, plumber
verb as in secretly follow, watch another's actions
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case, eyeball, glimpse, meddle, notice, observe, peep, pry, reconnoiter, scout, search, shadow, sleuth, spot, stag, tail, trail, view, watch
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catch sight of, fish out, get a load of, keep under surveillance, look for, recon, set eyes on, stake out, take in, take note
Example Sentences
You’ll spy a small train coaster, a mini Ferris wheel and a circus area, complete with a large statue of a clown that would tower over guests.
The film, based on the book by Ian Fleming, was produced by Albert Broccoli and starred Sean Connery as the British spy.
Belgium’s defense minister told the press the drones near military bases were “definitely for spying.”
With basic tech and little human oversight, Chinese spies apparently exploited Anthropic’s Claude Code.
Last week, it emerged that the Russian spy ship Yantar was spotted off the coast of Scotland and it used lasers to disrupt RAF pilots tracking its movements.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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