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eavesdrop

verb as in listen without permission

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Example Sentences

The series hoped to be a public service for farmers, with gentle storylines that brought urban listeners into rural surroundings – almost as if they were eavesdropping on farmers and their wives.

From BBC

That was hardly surprising, as thousands of Israeli troops backed by drones, electronic eavesdropping devices and human informants, tried to discover his whereabouts.

From BBC

The unwilling eavesdropping was a microcosm of the whole weekend.

From Salon

First of all, the reason that interviews with people that are very close are interesting is because it is a level of eavesdropping.

This is a room designed for conversations spies are not meant to hear, however sophisticated their techniques for eavesdropping and intercepting digital exchanges.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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