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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
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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
The guidance warns MPs they are a potential target for foreign spies, with China, Russia and Iran identified as particular risks to British institutions.
Jarvis said Britain's domestic MI5 spy service was issuing lawmakers and parliamentary staff with new guidance to protect them from possible foreign interference.
The government is facing questions after a case against two men accused of spying for China collapsed, just weeks before the trial was due to go ahead.
Powell is facing pressure over what role he played in the collapsed court case against two men accused of spying for China.
The plan, heavily amended by Israel and presented to Hamas by the Qatari prime minister and Egypt’s spy chief, looked nothing like what Hayya had been led to expect, officials familiar with the discussions said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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