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1. to spy
2. someone who spies
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 RELATED WORDS
to secretly watch someone: ⇨ WATCH (5)
see also
 ⇨ SECRET
 ⇨ FIND OUT
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1. to spy
■spy /spaɪ/ intransitive verb
  ▪ to secretly collect information about an enemy government:
  A former US diplomat has confessed to spying.
  spy on
  For years the satellite spied on secret weapon bases.
  spy for
  Philby had been spying for the Russians for several years.
  • spying uncountable noun
  The 11 men had allegedly been involved in spying.
  He had been accused of spying and held without trial for ten years.
■espionage /ˈespiənɑːʒ/ uncountable noun
  ▪ the collecting of political, military, or industrial secrets from another country or organization:
  Zakharov, a KGB agent, was charged with espionage.
  industrial espionage
  the collecting of secrets about a competing company
  The banks take precautions to prevent any attempts at industrial espionage while confidential documents are on the premises.
■be in the pay of /biː ɪn ðə ˈpeɪ ɒv/ verb phrase
  ▪ if someone is in the pay of a country or organization, they are being paid by that country or organization to spy for them:
  Before becoming President, the general was in the pay of the CIA.
  There were persistent rumours that the former head of British Intelligence was in the pay of the Soviet Union.
■infiltrate /ˈɪnfɪltreɪtǁɪnˈfɪltreɪt, ˈɪnfɪl-/ transitive verb
  ▪ to secretly join a group or organization whose principles or activities you strongly oppose, in order to find out more about them, or to harm them in some way:
  The Communists effectively infiltrated the government and the political parties.
  Police attempts to infiltrate neo-Nazi groups have been largely unsuccessful.
  Everyone knew the organization had been infiltrated by government agents, but could not prove it.
  • infiltrator countable noun
  There has always been a danger of enemy infiltrators in the organization.
  • infiltration /ˌɪnfɪlˈtreɪʃən/ uncountable noun
  Finally, weakened by infiltration and sabotage, Black Aid Action folded in 1967.
■counterespionage /ˌkaʊntərˈespiənɑːʒ/ uncountable noun
  ▪ the activity of trying to find out about and prevent an enemy from spying in your own country:
  His novels deal with the world of spies, espionage and counterespionage.
  the murder of two counterespionage officers

2. someone who spies
■spy /spaɪ/ countable noun
  He was suspected of having been a spy during the war.
  The job of the secret police was to hunt down spies and traitors.
■agent /ˈeɪdʒənt/ countable noun
  ▪ someone working for a government or police department who tries to get secret information about another country or organization:
  Wray was filmed passing money to an enemy agent.
  a book of memoirs written by a retired MI5 agent, Peter Wright
  secret agent
  He had been a secret agent of the enemy all along.
■mole /məʊl/ countable noun
  ▪ someone who works inside an organization who gives secret information to someone on the outside, for example a newspaper:
  The government suspects there is a mole who is leaking information to the press.
  The mole was discovered to be the 25-year-old secretary of the minister.
spy
see
 ⇨ SPY 1,2

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