Crossword clues for spied
spied
- Was a mole
- Secretly watched
- Gathered intelligence
- Emulated moles
- Dug around, like a mole
- Did secret-agent work
- Did cloak-and-dagger work
- Worked furtively
- Worked for the CIA, perhaps
- Worked for MI6
- Worked for M
- Worked for CSIS
- Worked as a mole
- Watched furtively, with "on"
- Watched from seclusion
- Was on a stakeout
- Was in the Bond trade?
- Was an agent, say
- Used bugs, perhaps
- Used a tap, say
- Took part in clandestine activities
- Surveyed through a keyhole
- Sought secrets, in a way
- Sought secrets
- Sought intelligence
- Sought intel
- Served secretly
- Played the role of a mole
- Planted bugs, say
- Peeked through a keyhole
- Made like a mole
- Looked through a knothole, say
- Helped Mata Hari
- Gathered intelligence (on)
- Entered the Bond trade?
- Emulated James Bond
- Emulated Harriet
- Emulated George Smiley
- Employed a keyhole
- Eavesdropped, perhaps
- Did secret agent work
- Did intelligence work
- Did CIA work
- Did a Smart thing?
- Did a mole's work
- Acted as a mole
- Snooped around
- Did moles' work
- Did "Mission: Impossible" work
- Used binoculars, maybe
- Went undercover
- Used a peephole
- Looked in (on)
- Bugged, with "on"
- Emulated 007
- Laid eyes on
- Invaded someone's privacy
- Spotted
- Caught sight of
- Emulated Harvey Birch
- Caught a glimpse of
- Emulated Hari
- Worked for the C.I.A.
- Worked for the K.G.B.
- Played the mole
- Emulated Caleb
- Reconnoitered
- Discovered
- Kept a secret watch on
- Glimpsed
- Looked through keyholes
- Descried
- Worked with Mata Hari
- Did secret work
- Emulated Mata Hari
- Peeped
- Emulated Joshua and Caleb
- Did some scouting
- Courage finally gathered, lowers circular saw
- Observed leading Scotsmen like a piper
- Was a secret agent
- Noticed spades, multi-coloured
- Made out
- Watched closely
- Watched secretly
- Worked undercover
- Observed secretly
- Watched surreptitiously
- Observed covertly
- Emulated Bond
- Did undercover work
- Acted the mole
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spied \Spied\, imp. & p. p. of Spy.
Spy \Spy\ (sp[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spied (sp[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Spying.] [OE. spien, espien, OF. espier, F. ['e]pier, OHG. speh[=o]n, G. sp["a]hen; akin to L. specere to see, Skr. spa[,c]. [root] 169. Cf. Espy, v. t., Aspect, Auspice, Circumspect, Conspicuous, Despise, Frontispiece, Inspect, Prospect, Respite, Scope, Specimen, Spectacle, Specter, Speculate, Spice, Spite, Suspicion.]
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To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment; to espy; to see.
One, in reading, skipped over all sentences where he spied a note of admiration.
--Swift. -
To discover by close search or examination.
Look about with your eyes; spy what things are to be reformed in the church of England.
--Latimer. -
To explore; to view, inspect, and examine secretly, as a country; -- usually with out.
Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof.
--Num. xxi. 32.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-pastspy)
WordNet
n. (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors [syn: undercover agent]
a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people; "my spies tell me that you had a good time last night"
[also: spied]
See spy
Usage examples of "spied".
In soaking her handkerchiefs, she had spied a bench placed just by the water, one that gleamed with magical discouragements to insects and snakes.
Harry Vincent spied an open passage between two buildings near where the other cab had stopped.
The Shadow stooped to get a higher angle of view, he spied the tiny cubicle atop the massive structure.
As the truck swung the corner, Vic Marquette spied the vehicle that The Shadow had seen earlier.
A tong assassin broke free of the fray, spied Mara, and snapped a hand to his belt sash.
On the point of entering, they spied the cloaked enchantress, bobbed a hasty obeisance, and backed out into the street in silence.
Tavern, but he had already spied me and came after me, brandishing his pistol.
Odds were the man belonged to the Scarlet Spires, which would be interested in him for the obvious reasons, or perhaps even the Emperor, who spied on everyone for the sake of spying on everyone.
If I spied on an innocent man, if I brought back an escaped slave, I was merely an extension of the hand of Kyros.
It was late that night when the Nihilists left the airship, first having made a careful inspection to see that they were not spied upon.
When he spied it, drawn up before a cottage on the edge of the wood, he saw that he was too early after all, as the horses were all in their feed-bags.
But in a few moments he spied a burly fellow plodding away, holding a pole in each hand, followed closely by a black sedan chair, and then a second pole-holding bloke.
When I stepped out of my coach in the carriageway of this estate, I was spied by a dwarf, who saw me thanking God for my safe arrival, and beseeching Him for an expeditious departure, in the Lutheran manner.
This view, every time he spied it, made Daniel feel as if he had, by some error in navigation, been taken to some city as strange as Manila or Isfahan.
Daniel spied a crate, not far below the rafters, with its lid slightly askew.