espionage
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7.3
- noun
- /ˈɛspiəˌnɑʒ/
- Specialized
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espionaje
- Many countries engage in espionage to gather intelligence on their rivals.
- conduct espionage
- espionage charges
- counter-espionage
So anyways, that's this is pure espionage, pure counter espionage.
- So anyways, that's this is pure espionage, pure counter espionage.
- So you can both, both do influence operations and espionage at the same time.
- They are worried that German espionage is undermining them.
- When does spying or industrial espionage cross into an attack?
- Stories about seduction in the espionage business are legion.
- I did a whole corporate espionage drama about the snack industry.
- A spy has to build at least the espionage portion of their life around their target.
- That espionage has a multitude of motivations.
- And then they would get brought in to this world of like espionage.
- And there were no limits to Chinese cyber espionage and Chinese surveillance of its own citizens.
- What it is is it's something that's between legitimate organization and espionage.
- This is from the Espionage Act Arrest Kushner.
- Because it Trump's, in my view, the Espionage Act, a president.
- But now we have the espionage piece as well.
Examples
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The director reported that a reliable source had revealed "an enormous Soviet espionage ring in Washington."
Academic text (1997) -
This is espionage time.
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But now we have the espionage piece as well.
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Did he mention any use of funds for espionage activity?
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But, yes, I need a certain amount of industrial espionage done, and you are ideally placed to do it.
Fiction book (2001) -
A spy has to build at least the espionage portion of their life around their target.
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And there were no limits to Chinese cyber espionage and Chinese surveillance of its own citizens.
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This is the second espionage report I've had.
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In practice, it involved industrial espionage, much of it directed toward the InGen corporation.
Fiction book (1990) -
There were rumors of espionage at Los Alamos.
Synonyms
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4.6
The act of secretly watching people or places to get information
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5.5
A private job done secretly to gather information
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4.9
Secret work where someone gathers information for the police or security
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5.0
Secret work by police or agents who hide their identity to gather evidence
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4.9
A secret activity by a government to gather information about an enemy or threat
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3.9
Actions to collect and study information about threats for military or security services
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.8
A person who secretly gets information for another country or company
- Specialized
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6.4
A secret group of people who gather information for a government
- Specialized
A hidden system of computers and accounts used to steal information
How Secret
Surface Forms
Etymology
Espionage comes from the French word espion 'spy' and from an old root that means 'to look', the same idea you see in the English word inspect. So, espionage is the secret practice of watching or looking for information to give one country or group an advantage.