Crossword clues for spying
spying
- Investigative work
- Mole's work
- Watch, observe, or inquire secretly
- Keeping a secret or furtive watch
- Engage in espionage
- Secretly collect sensitive or classified information
- Catching sight of something
- The act of detecting something
- The act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes
- Catch sight of
- Federal offense
- Kim Philby activity
- Mole's activity
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
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To discover by close search or examination.
Look about with your eyes; spy what things are to be reformed in the church of England.
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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
n. espionage vb. (present participle of spy English)
WordNet
n. keeping a secret or furtive watch
the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes [syn: undercover work]
the act of detecting something; catching sight of something [syn: detection, catching, espial, spotting]
Usage examples of "spying".
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.
The lid of the wood box, lifting higher, showed an ugly, darkish face quite as evil as the snakish, spying eyes.
He has been punished for his thefts, but as to spying, these are my estates, and what happens is certainly my affair.
His ciphers and writing are plainly not enough to keep him from spying on the servants.
We dare not presume that the Assembly will not be spying on our actions.
She hoped she could succeed as well at spying as she had at pickpocketing.
She stopped eating and stared into space, realizing that she was going to be spying on people who had been kind to her, a cruel way indeed of paying back their kindness.
He would probably never forgive her, but at least he might understand that spying for Lowden had never really been a choice.
If Katie told Lowden about John Smith, that he is really Ethan Harding and has been spying on the Tories for years, Gage could arrest him anyway.
CHAPTER 3 She was particularly excited as she ran along, because today she was adding a new spying place to her route.
Harriet was late for her spying, but she thought she would just play one game and then leave.
He regarded it as a low, snooping activity, a sneaking, spying, keyhole-peering kind of dirty business, a violation of the principle of mutual trust upon which he conducted both his personal affairs and his foreign policy.
Red Wizards waiting in Sulalk, one of their zulkirs had been spying on her, had learned of her interest in the village and the colt.
Aglarond, spying on the witch-queen, making alliances with the Yuirwood mongrels.
City men investigating a case of insurance fraud by spying on a certain ship anchored out in the Pool.