spy
IPA: spˈaɪ
noun
- A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).
- (American football) A defensive player assigned to cover an offensive backfield player man-to-man when they are expected to engage in a running play, but the offensive player does not run with the ball immediately.
verb
- (intransitive) To act as a spy.
- (transitive) To spot; to catch sight of.
- (intransitive) To search narrowly; to scrutinize.
- (transitive) To explore; to see; to view; inspect and examine secretly, as a country.
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Examples of "spy" in Sentences
- The spy does clandestine works.
- The spy was successfully purloin the data.
- The raid is called off and the spy arrested.
- Barsad is a turncoat English con man and spy.
- Are we squabbling over spy's slander serious
- I love that rapacious, psychotic, underaged spy.
- John is Harper's recruiter and a spy for the resistance.
- Most of the reliable sources connect the spying with the scam.
- Most of the article is about the spying allegations and not the scam.
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