Crossword clues for eavesdropping
eavesdropping
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Eavesdropping \Eaves"drop`ping\, n. (Law)
The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places
where persons meet for private intercourse, secretly
listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The
offense is indictable at common law.
--Wharton.
Wiktionary
n. listening secretly to private conversation of others. vb. (present participle of eavesdrop English)
WordNet
v. listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations" [syn: listen in]
[also: eavesdropping, eavesdropped]
See eavesdrop
Wikipedia
Eavesdropping is secretly listening to the private conversation of others without their consent, as defined by Black's Law Dictionary. The practice is commonly believed to be unethical.
Usage examples of "eavesdropping".
On the south coast, at Akrotiri, intercept operators listened for indications of war in the Middle East, while also eavesdropping on peace negotiations.
Like a steel ark, it sat high above a sea of giant rhombic eavesdropping antennas planted in the tundra and pointing in every direction.
San Francisco eavesdropping and codebreaking operation was Lieutenant Colonel Frank B.
But, he pointed out, since nuclear attack could come in a matter of minutes, it would be necessary to speed up the timeline on eavesdropping and codebreaking to beat the clock.
During the war, Vint Hill played a pivotal role in eavesdropping on enemy communications for thousands of miles in all directions.
However, it could also be very educational, said another Russian linguist, who recalled all the Russian curses he learned while eavesdropping on the walkie-talkie conversations of Soviet troops on maneuvers in Siberia.
Still worried, officials instructed the Oxford to do its eavesdropping safely off Fort Lauderdale.
Rather than having intercept operators sit in front of row after row of receivers, spinning dials to find enemy voices, now the agency could do much of its eavesdropping by computer.
It should at least filter out casual eavesdropping by other civilian ships in the system.
Acoustic devices planted in the walls caused conversations to sound like static to the electronic eavesdropping devices that the Azerbaijanis had placed on surrounding buildings.
It was not real-time eavesdropping from Lourdusamy's bugproof rooms -- a fact that still worried Cardinal Mustafa -- but it was as close to it as current technology and stealth could get.
Kwon and Vale weren't anywhere within ten klicks of Henslowe at the moment, but with a simple disk recording plus Skyler's skillful hand on the playback selector any eavesdropping collies should be convinced a major attack was in progress.
So absolute was the submergence of that ardent adventurer who, overnight, had lain awake for hours, a dictograph receiver glued to his ear, eavesdropping upon the traffic of those malevolent intelligences assembled in Prince Victor's study, and alternately chuckling and cursing beneath his breath, aflame with indignation and chilled by inklings of atrocities unspeakable abrew!
Most private investigators in his age range had made a living, once upon a time, eavesdropping on cheating spouses.
In July 1942, Lieutenant Tordella was transferred to Bainbridge Island in the state of Washington, a key intercept station for eavesdropping on Japanese communications.