as in spying
the secret gathering of information on others
the acts of espionage on behalf of the Confederacy carried on by Belle Boyd and Rose Greenhow
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Slow Horses This darkly funny espionage drama follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 due to their career-ending mistakes.
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Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
But in 2017, he and a colleague at Radio Free Asia were charged with espionage.
—Sun Narin, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
The points include allowing espionage cases to be tried by military courts and making immigration rules stricter for Chinese citizens applying for permanent residency.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Apr. 2025
The latest attack involves hackers exploiting a browser vulnerability to conduct espionage.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
But in 2017, he and a colleague at Radio Free Asia were charged with espionage.
—Sun Narin, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
The points include allowing espionage cases to be tried by military courts and making immigration rules stricter for Chinese citizens applying for permanent residency.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Apr. 2025
The latest attack involves hackers exploiting a browser vulnerability to conduct espionage.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Espionage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/espionage. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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