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(v)
(transitive) To see, especially from afar; to discover (a distant or obscure object) by the eye; to espy; to discern or detect.
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(n)
(countable) An act of finding out or observing by spying or looking; an espial or espying.
The act of snooping.
A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
(countable) An adult male deer, especially a red deer and especially one in high adulthood versus a young adult.
(N)
a 1939 American drama film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Russell Gleason, Shirley Deane, and J. M. Kerrigan.
The act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means.
Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.
One who exerts power, or has the power to act.
A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity.
(US, gerund of maneuver) An act in which something or someone maneuvers
The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.
(slang) An informer, one who betrays their group.
The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.
(adj)
Functional, in working order.
(countable) A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.
Listening secretly to the private conversations of others.
A quick glance or look.
The installation or monitoring of wiretaps.
(Internet) Programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user.
An adult male human.
(informal) A scare or fright.
The secret police or intelligence forces in certain Arabic-speaking countries.
(mathematics, physics) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
(informal) A saboteur, especially of fox hunts.
(slang) An informant.
Misspelling of reconnaissance. [The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.]
Any of several small, burrowing, insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae.
(zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.
A member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential.
An employee of an organization who collects, compiles or analyzes information which is of use to that organization.
One who infiltrates an organization or territory; an undercover or covert agent.
overseeing; watchful
Alternative form of reconnoitrer. [One who reconnoitres.]
One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer.
One who makes observations, monitors or takes notice.
Someone who watches or observes.
A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, danger, etc.
(colloquial, chiefly in the plural) The eye.
Performed or happening in secret.
One who eavesdrops.
A detective.
(informal) A person involved in counterespionage.
One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.
One who espies.
A person who observes something.
spy or voyeur
(rare) One who spies; a spy.
A person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions.
A person who derives sexual pleasure from observing other people engaging in some intimate or sexual activity; one who engages in voyeurism.
A professional spy; a member of an espionage bureaucracy.
A spy working in counterintelligence.
(law enforcement) A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.
A person who sets an examination.
Someone who sleeps.
The leader of a group of spies.
A warrior who collects the scalps of vanquished enemies.
Agent noun of track; one who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.
(idiomatic) A private personal detective, employed to gather information about someone.
An infiltrator; a spy who covertly enters a territory or organisation.
One who estimates or judges based on visual inspection rather than detailed analysis.
(espionage) One who investigates and attempts to identify a mole (agent who has infiltrated an organisation).
One who suspects.
A person who has special knowledge about the inner workings of a group, organization, or institution.
A person who deals in secrets.
One who stays where they cannot be seen (often in a cowardly way or with the intent of doing harm).
One who follows or tails surreptitiously, as an investigator.
(espionage) A spy who pretends to work for one side, when they are actually working for or passing information to the other.
(dated) A voyeur.
One who or that which scopes.
One who engages in a raid; a plunderer.
One who peeks.
A lid.
A person who scrutinizes or investigates.
(idiomatic) A quiet, non-participating, or unseen observer; an eavesdropper or witness.
(informal) A brief examination, a peek or glance.
A spy who is placed in a target country or organisation, not to undertake an immediate mission, but rather to act as a potential asset if activated.
(networking) A software or hardware tool for intercepting and logging network traffic.
One who searches.
(dated) One who observes or considers; an observer.
A spectator; someone looks on or watches, without becoming involved or participating.
Somebody who leaks information.
A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium.
One who snatches, or steals by snatching.
(espionage) A specialist in outdoor surveillance in a vehicle.
Someone or something that behaves.
(slang) Someone or something who is remarkably good-looking.
One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage.
Person who is not a government official who is hired to provide information about a person or group that is not widely available
An agent detective hired by a private party for the purpose of investigation or evidence gathering.
A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of their enemy.