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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
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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
A key security adviser had no role in the "substance or the evidence" of the collapsed case against two men accused of spying for China, the education secretary has said.
Andrew missed last year's traditional royal Christmas because of an alleged Chinese spy scandal and that exclusion seems likely to continue for another year.
Down in the ship’s hold was construction material needed to upgrade the northernmost military outpost, a Canadian spy station providing crucial intelligence on Russia’s military.
You could relax on a beach, win a Super Bowl or become an interplanetary spy.
Hungarian spies attempting to recruit EU officials operated under diplomatic cover at the country's permanent representation to the bloc, which was led at the time by Varhelyi, said the investigation.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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