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The practice or employment of spies; the practice of watching the words and conduct of others, to make discoveries, as spies or secret emissaries; secret watching.

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  1. n. The practice or employment of spies; the practice of watching the words and conduct of others, to make discoveries, as spies or secret emissaries; secret watching.
  2. n. the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets
  3. The practice or employment of spies; the practice of watching the words and conduct of others, to make discoveries, as spies or secret emissaries; secret watching.
  4. The practice or employment of spies; the practice of watchingthe words and conduct of others, to make discoveries, as spies orsecret emissaries; secret watching.
  5. n:100 n. the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets