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spy
noun as in person who secretly finds out about another's business
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agent, detective, informer, investigator, mole, operative, secret agent, secret service, undercover agent
Strong matches
emissary, lookout, observer, patrol, plant, scout, sleeper, sleuth, snoop, spotter, watcher
Weak matches
double agent, espionage agent, foreign agent, inside agent, intelligencer, plumber
verb as in secretly follow, watch another's actions
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case, eyeball, glimpse, meddle, notice, observe, peep, pry, reconnoiter, scout, search, shadow, sleuth, spot, stag, tail, trail, view, watch
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catch sight of, fish out, get a load of, keep under surveillance, look for, recon, set eyes on, stake out, take in, take note
Example Sentences
“Black Bag” undercuts traditional spy films by swapping out action in favor of dialogue, notably in the form of two extended dinner party scenes.
Two years later, he expelled both the DEA and the American ambassador, accusing them of spying and undermining Bolivian sovereignty.
A journalist targeted by a Russian spy ring said it had a list of "assassination methods" to kill him that was "beyond any imagination".
A journalist targeted by a Russian spy cell run from a former guest house in Norfolk has said he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered the operation against him.
They reveal at least six operations the spy cell was tasked with over a period of years – four of which targeted individuals who were enemies of Putin's regime.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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