āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to spy
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āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤāĻāϰāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻā§āĻĒāύ⧠āĻĒāϰā§āϝāĻŦā§āĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
to secretly observe someone
Transitive: to spy on sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Private investigators may be hired to spy on individuals for legal or investigative purposes.
āĻāĻāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āϤāĻĻāύā§āϤā§āϰ āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤāĻāϰāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϏāϰāĻāĻžāϰāĻŋ āϤāĻĻāύā§āϤāĻāĻžāϰā§āĻĻā§āϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
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āĻĻā§āĻāĻž, āĻāϞāĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž
to see or glimpse something briefly or from a distance
Transitive: to spy sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I spied him across the room and waved to get his attention.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻāϰā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧠āĻĻā§āĻā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāϰā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻšāĻžāϤ āύā§āĻĄāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
03
āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤāĻāϰāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻā§āĻĒāύ⧠āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āϏāĻāĻā§āϰāĻš āĻāϰāĻž
to secretly gather information about enemies, competitors, or others
Intransitive: to spy for sb | to spy on an enemy or rival
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The government suspected that several employees were secretly spying for foreign intelligence agencies.
āϏāϰāĻāĻžāϰ āϏāύā§āĻĻā§āĻš āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āϝ⧠āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āĻŽā§ āĻā§āĻĒāύ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻļā§ āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āύā§āĻĻāĻž āϏāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤāĻāϰāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤāĻāϰ, āĻā§āĻĒāύ āĻāĻā§āύā§āĻ
someone who is employed by a government to obtain secret information on another person, country, company, etc.
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The spy's mission was to uncover secrets that could influence international relations.
āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤāĻāϰ āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāύ āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻā§āĻĒāύ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻāύā§āĻŽā§āĻāύ āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻž āĻāύā§āϤāϰā§āĻāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
02
a person who secretly observes or watches others without their knowledge
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Children sometimes play at being spies during hide-and-seek.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
spying
spy
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