spying
间谍活动,间间谍活动,间谍行为,间窥活动
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plural spies.
- : a person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another, usually hostile, country, especially with reference to military or naval affairs.
- : a person who keeps close and secret watch on the actions and words of another or others.
- : a person who seeks to obtain confidential information about the activities, plans, methods, etc., of an organization or person, especially one who is employed for this purpose by a competitor: an industrial spy.
- : the act of spying.
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spied, spy·ing.
- : to observe secretively or furtively with hostile intent.
- : to act as a spy; engage in espionage.
- : to be on the lookout; keep watch.
- : to search for or examine something closely or carefully.
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Even if spies don’t get access to the nation’s secrets, they can still gather information on politicians that could be useful.
When Tanvir denied it, they shifted their message, suddenly offering him money and immigration benefits for his wife if he agreed to become a spy.
By embedding invisible images known as spy pixels in the message, senders can find out when you opened it, where you were, what device you were on, and how much time you spent scrolling through the contents.
The man said he was going undercover at various companies to ferret out would-be leakers and spies.
Just as an aside, the Westminster mission showed the reward as a silhouette of a man with a beret, but the spy turned out to be a middle-aged woman in a sharp blazer armed with a silencer.
The reasons for detention ranged from suspected spying to having an open beer bottle in public.
How culpable are sites like Facebook, Google, and Apple in aiding potential spying, and the loss of privacy?
One road leads to freedom, sharing, and equality; the other to endless spying, a hierarchical structure, and repression.
Trust us, the Obama administration said, about spying on Americans and restarting the economy through “shovel-ready” programs.
There was a time not that long ago when governments more or less monopolized spying on political protests.
Only the quick wink of his eye reassures me of his interest, and gives warning of the spying guard.
So of Payne in a gully, I went into him, and there staid, thinking to have gone to Chelsy with them.