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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "spy"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϗ⧁āĻĒā§āϤāϚāϰāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ⧇ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻŦ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to secretly observe someone
Transitive: to spy on sb
to spy definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Private investigators may be hired to spy on individuals for legal or investigative purposes.
āφāχāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āϤāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āϗ⧁āĻĒā§āϤāϚāϰāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦ⧇āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋ āϤāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž, āĻāϞāĻ• āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž

to see or glimpse something briefly or from a distance
Transitive: to spy sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I spied him across the room and waved to get his attention.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϘāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšāĻžāϤ āύ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
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āϗ⧁āĻĒā§āϤāϚāϰāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ⧇ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻž

to secretly gather information about enemies, competitors, or others
Intransitive: to spy for sb | to spy on an enemy or rival
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The government suspected that several employees were secretly spying for foreign intelligence agencies.
āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻš āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϜāύ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āĻļā§€ āĻ—ā§‹āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϗ⧁āĻĒā§āϤāϚāϰāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϗ⧁āĻĒā§āϤāϚāϰ, āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āĻāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ

someone who is employed by a government to obtain secret information on another person, country, company, etc.
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The spy's mission was to uncover secrets that could influence international relations.
āϗ⧁āĻĒā§āϤāϚāϰ āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āωāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§‹āϚāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻž āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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a person who secretly observes or watches others without their knowledge

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Children sometimes play at being spies during hide-and-seek.

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