EGAVE

eavesdropping

About 0.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun verbal noun of eavesdrop: Listening secretly to the private conversations of others. The interception of electronic communication. The act of one organism listening for another's calls, so as to exploit them.
  2. noun Listening secretly to the private conversations of others.
  3. noun The interception of electronic communication.
  4. noun The act of one organism listening for another's calls, so as to exploit them.
  5. verb present participle and gerund of eavesdrop

Similar words

listening listener listen viewing interception look spy spying espionage tapping

Often followed by

on and is in devices by or was at

Word family

eavesdroppings

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