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synonyms for espionage

  • intelligence
  • reconnaissance
  • shadowing
  • tailing
  • secret service
  • undercover operations
  • undercover work
  • underground activities
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These kinds of attacks have been used in sophisticated espionage campaigns aimed at cloning websites to trick victims into handing over their passwords, which hackers use to get access to company networks to steal information.
A SECURITY RESEARCHER COMMANDEERED A COUNTRY’S EXPIRED TOP-LEVEL DOMAIN TO SAVE IT FROM HACKERSZACK WHITTAKERJANUARY 15, 2021TECHCRUNCH
Blake spent nearly a decade leading a double life before he was arrested, tried and sentenced to 42 years in prison for espionage.
GEORGE BLAKE, NOTORIOUS COLD WAR DOUBLE AGENT WHO HELPED SOVIETS, DIES AT 98TAYLOR SHAPIRODECEMBER 26, 2020WASHINGTON POST
I would push back a little bit on the use of the term corporate espionage as opposed to competitive intelligence.
A JOURNALIST-TURNED-DETECTIVE ON HOW CORPORATE AMERICA DEPENDS ON PRIVATE SLEUTHSJEREMY KAHNOCTOBER 31, 2020FORTUNE
In June 2018 a jury finds him guilty of espionage, and he is later sentenced to 20 years in prison.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF US-CHINA ESPIONAGE ENTANGLEMENTSKONSTANTIN KAKAESSEPTEMBER 3, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
The move marks an escalation of regulatory involvement in the espionage charges, which also triggered probes by Swiss prosecutors.
SWISS REGULATORS EXTEND PROBE INTO SPYING AT CREDIT SUISSEKDUNN6SEPTEMBER 2, 2020FORTUNE
Espionage we can still command—the best, perhaps, in Europe—because here we use a different class of material.
THE DOUBLE FOURE. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM
By its construction, the cell of Bezenecq the Rich gave special facilities for such espionage.
THE PILGRIM'S SHELL OR FERGAN THE QUARRYMANEUGNE SUE
By this means he not only kept his senses keyed to a high point, but made his espionage nearer perfect than his friend had done.
TWO BOYS IN WYOMINGEDWARD S. ELLIS
He will see a whole civil service turned into a bureau of information, a department of espionage.
THE ONLOOKER, VOLUME 1, PART 2VARIOUS
The custom of espionage has made him suspect that others are as watchful as himself.
AMERICAN SKETCHESCHARLES WHIBLEY
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WORDS RELATED TO ESPIONAGE

  • espionage
  • intrigue
  • suspense
  • undercover operations
  • underground activities
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.