"spy on" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: spies on [present, singular, third-person], spying on [participle, present], spied on [participle, past], spied on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} spy on (third-person singular simple present spies on, present participle spying on, simple past and past participle spied on)
  1. To watch secretly or covertly; to surveil. Related terms: eavesdrop, snoop, surveillance Translations (to watch secretly or covertly; to surveil): bespied (Afrikaans), spioeneer (Afrikaans), gvati (Esperanto), aseitar (Galician), axexar (Galician), espreitar (Galician), ausspionieren (German), avizorar (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for spy on meaning in All languages combined (2.3kB)

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