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Spy
spʌɪ
Spy definitions
noun
spies
spy
- a person employed by a government or other organization to secretly obtain information on an enemy or competitorsecret agent undercover agent enemy agent foreign agent secret service agent intelligence agent double agent counterspy industrial spy fifth columnist mole plant scout
- a person who keeps watch on others secretly
"a spy camera"
verb
spies
spying
spied
spy
- work for a government or other organization by secretly obtaining information about enemies or competitors
"he agreed to spy for the West"
espionage undercover work cloak-and-dagger activities surveillance reconnaissance intelligence eavesdropping cyberespionage infiltration counter-espionage counter-intelligence be a spy be engaged in spying gather intelligence work for the secret service- observe (someone) furtively
"the couple were spied on by reporters"
- collect information about something to use in deciding how to act
"he would go and spy out the land"
- discern or make out, especially by careful observation
"he could spy a figure in the distance"