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Eavesdrop   /ˈivzdrˌɑp/   Listen
Eavesdrop

verb
1.
Listen without the speaker's knowledge.  Synonym: listen in.



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"Eavesdrop" Quotes from Famous Books



... conscious desire to eavesdrop, merely stopped by an unforeseen contingency, Drennen stood still. Garcia, his eyes upon a line of light under the window shade, did not see him. It was hardly more than an instant that Drennen stood there, watching; but the little drama was ...
— Wolf Breed • Jackson Gregory

... the whispers. It was Marilyn and Shirley. They were together. Now I recollected the figured chintz which covered the wall and was to be seen through the crack made by the open door. It was her room. They had not heard my hand on the knob, nor the catch, did not know that anyone could eavesdrop. ...
— The Film Mystery • Arthur B. Reeve



Words linked to "Eavesdrop" :   wiretap, listen, eavesdropper, tap, listen in, intercept, bug



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