spying

spy  (sp)

n. pl. spies (spz)

1. An agent employed by a state to obtain secret information, especially of a military nature, concerning its potential or actual enemies.

2. One employed by a company to obtain confidential information about its competitors.

3. One who secretly keeps watch on another or others.

4. An act of spying.

v. spied (spd), spy·ing, spies (spz)

v.tr.

1. To observe secretly with hostile intent.

2. To discover by close observation.

3. To catch sight of: spied the ship on the horizon.

4. To investigate intensively.

v.intr.

1. To engage in espionage.

2. To seek or observe something secretly and closely.

3. To make a careful investigation: spying into other people's activities.

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[Middle English spie, from Old French espie, from espier, to watch, of Germanic origin; see spek- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spying - keeping a secret or furtive watch     vigil, watch - a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
	2.	spying - the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes undercover work espionage - the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets intelligence activity, intelligence operation, intelligence - the operation of gathering information about an enemy
	3.	spying - the act of detecting something; catching sight of something espial, spotting, catching, detection discovery, find, uncovering - the act of discovering something

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spying

noun espionage, reconnaissance, infiltration, undercover work a ten-year sentence for spying

Translations

spying [ˈspaɪɪŋ] N → espionaje m

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spying [ˈspaɪɪŋ] n → espionnage m
spying charge n → accusation f d'espionnage

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spying [ˈspaɪɪŋ] n → spionaggio

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spying → تجسس špionáž spionage Spionieren κατασκοπεία espionaje vakoilu espionnage špijuniranje spionaggio スパイ行為 정탐하기 spioneren spionasje szpiegostwo espionagem шпионаж spionage การสอดแนม casusluk sự bí mật theo dõi 密探