espionage
English
Etymology
Recorded since 1793, borrowed from French espionnage, from Middle French espionner (“to spy”), from Old French espion (“spy”), itself probably from a Germanic source (akin to Old High German spehon (“spy”)), possibly via Italian spione (from spia). More at spy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛs.pi.ə.nɑːʒ/
- enPR: 'ĕs-pē-ŭ-näzh
- (Canada) enPR: -năzh, -nizh
Noun
espionage (countable and uncountable, plural espionages)
- The act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means.
- 2003 June 20, Andrea Taylor as Clover and Katie Leigh as Alexandra “Alex”, “Totally Switched”, in Totally Spies!, season 2, episode 19, written by Joseph Purdy, Teletoon, Marathon Media:
- What a freak show! I mean, how often do you meet a wrestling librarian?
Yeah, about as often as you meet a high schoolgirl involved in international espionage… Okay, bad example.
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act of learning secret information through clandestine means
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