spy on

phrasal verb

spied on; spying on; spies on
: to watch (someone) secretly
He spies on his neighbors.
Have you been spying on me?

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The brewing controversy pits Trump's determination to release documents the government has kept secret for more than a half-century against the family's lingering pain over how J. Edgar Hoover's FBI spied on King and tried to intimidate and humiliate him. Marc Caputo, Axios, 15 Feb. 2025 So James starts sneaking around, spying on the Adsos and playing detective in a none-too-subtle fashion. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025 In March 2017, a Trump ally accused the United Kingdom’s signals intelligence agency, the Government Communications Headquarters, of spying on Trump’s campaign, causing alarm in London and earning a rare public rebuke from Washington’s closest intelligence partner. David V. Gioe, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2025 Founded in 1919, the covert organization spied on American citizens and foreign nations alike. Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spy on

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“Spy on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spy%20on. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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