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Spying   /spˈaɪɪŋ/   Listen
Spying

noun
1.
Keeping a secret or furtive watch.
2.
The act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes.  Synonym: undercover work.
3.
The act of detecting something; catching sight of something.  Synonyms: catching, detection, espial, spotting.


Spy

verb
(past & past part. spied; pres. part. spying)
1.
Catch sight of.  Synonyms: descry, espy, spot.
2.
Watch, observe, or inquire secretly.  Synonyms: sleuth, snoop, stag.
3.
Catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes.  Synonym: sight.
4.
Secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage in espionage.



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"Spying" Quotes from Famous Books



... on that score," broke in Nancy. "I would give my life gladly for the 'bonnie blue flag'—in the open. It is the underhand methods—the spying—the deceit—that burn like a red-hot coal." Nancy paused; then continued more quietly: "There is such a word as 'honor'." She drew out another slip of paper from the bosom of her dress and tossed it, together with the paper ...
— The Lost Despatch • Natalie Sumner Lincoln
... thing struck me. He wouldn't go spying himself, but sent his chauffeur, a new importation, probably, to have a look at the Gloria and describe it. I wonder how he ...
— The Car of Destiny • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
... doing here, anyhow?" she demanded, angrily. "You're always hanging around, spying ...
— Dangerous Days • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... delay is meet for naught but dalliance. Boccaccio hath a story of a priest that did beguile a maid into his cell, then knelt him in a corner to pray for grace to be rightly thankful for this tender maidenhead ye Lord had sent him; but ye abbot, spying through ye key-hole, did see a tuft of brownish hair with fair white flesh about it, wherefore when ye priest's prayer was done, his chance was gone, forasmuch as ye little maid had but ye one cunt, and that was ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain
... of one, and, save the trail we followed, not the slightest indication that the country had ever been visited by man, it was exceedingly difficult to credit that lurking foes were around us, and spying our motions. It was so with these men; and being armed, they set out on the first of August on foot for the settlements. That same night three of the four returned. They reported that, after walking about fifteen miles, they were surrounded by ...
— The Old Santa Fe Trail - The Story of a Great Highway • Henry Inman


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