eavesdropping
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eavesdropping
- /ˈivsˌdɹɒ.piŋ/ US
noun eavesdroppings
- Listening secretly to the private conversations of others. The detective kept them in view. He made his way casually along the inside of the shelter until he reached an open scuttle close to where the two men were standing talking. Eavesdropping was not a thing Larard would have practised from choice, but there were times when, in the public interest, he ha
- The interception of electronic communication.
- The act of one organism listening for another's calls, so as to exploit them.
Similar: tabhanging
verb
- present participle and gerund of eavesdrop
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noun
Similar: tabhanging
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noun listening secretly to the private conversations of others
| 한국어 | 엿듣다 yeotdeutda |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 盗聴 tōchō |
| 中文 | 竊聽 /窃听 qiètīng |
| Deutsch | Lauschen, Abhören |
| Italiano | origliamento, l'origliare, ascolto di nascosto |
| Ελληνικά | κρυφάκουσμα kryfákousma, λαθρακρόαση lathrakróasi, ωτακουστία otakoustía |
| Română | trage cu urechea |
| Русский | подслу́шивание podslúšivanije |
| العربية | تَنَصُّت tanaṣṣut, اِسْتِرَاق سَمْع istirāq samʕ |
noun interception of electronic communication
| 한국어 | 도청 docheong |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 盗聴 tōchō |
| 中文 | 竊聽 /窃听 qiètīng |
| Français | écoute clandestine |
| Deutsch | Abhören |
| Italiano | intercettazione telefonica, intercettazione comuncazioni |
| Română | interceptare |
| Русский | подслу́шивание podslúšivanije, перехва́т perexvát, прослу́шка proslúška |
| العربية | تَنَصُّت tanaṣṣut |
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title = {eavesdropping},
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