spying

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈspaɪ.ɪŋ/
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Verb

spying

  1. present participle of spy

Noun

spying (countable and uncountable, plural spyings)

  1. espionage
    • 1980, Amélie Rorty, Explaining Emotions (page 472)
      There are two ways in which the obsessive character of jealousy tends to exert itself: one is in the need to know, the endless tests and investigations and spyings that are so characteristic of jealousy.

Translations
espionage — see espionage

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