Eavesdropping

Definitions

1. verbal noun of eavesdrop:
   countable, uncountable
2. Listening secretly to the private conversations of others.
   countable, uncountable
3. The interception of electronic communication.
   countable, uncountable
4. The act of one organism listening for another's calls, so as to exploit them.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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 had to do it, and this was one of them.”

CEFR level