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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Cheap can be quite expensive The update itself does not appear to be part of some plan to spy on us or to extract revenue but rather to keep people safe.
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Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2025
Other recent cases include going after ex-Colombian Navy men for spying on law enforcement for drug traffickers.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
That does not include classified spending with SpaceX by the National Reconnaissance Office, which has hired the company to build it a new constellation of low-earth orbit satellites to spy on China, Russia and other threats.
—Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025
The former alleged that the latter co-opted a Rippling employee to spy on its comms channels to look out for signs of customers switching away from Deel.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2025
Other recent cases include going after ex-Colombian Navy men for spying on law enforcement for drug traffickers.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
That does not include classified spending with SpaceX by the National Reconnaissance Office, which has hired the company to build it a new constellation of low-earth orbit satellites to spy on China, Russia and other threats.
—Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025
The former alleged that the latter co-opted a Rippling employee to spy on its comms channels to look out for signs of customers switching away from Deel.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Spy on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spy%20on. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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