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Definition of 'spy'English
Noun
(spies)
A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).
* {{quote-magazine|date=2013-06-29|volume=407|issue=8842|page=55|magazine=(The Economist)
|title= Travels and travails
|passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}
Derived terms
* spy ring
Verb
To act as a spy.
- During the Cold War, Russia and America would each spy on each other for recon.
To spot; to catch sight of.
- I think I can spy that hot guy coming over here.
* Jonathan Swift
- One in reading, skipped over all sentences where he spied a note of admiration.
* Latimer
- Look about with your eyes; spy what things are to be reformed in the church of England.
To search narrowly; to scrutinize.
* Shakespeare
- It is my nature's plague / To spy into abuses.
To explore; to view; inspect and examine secretly, as a country.
* Bible, Numbers xxi. 32
- Moses sent to spy Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof.
Derived terms
* spy on
Related terms
* spyglass
* spyware
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Noun
barf (US), vomit, spew
Verb
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Synonyms
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