spy
noun
a person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another, usually hostile, country, especially with reference to military or naval affairs.
spies
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pluralof spy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof spy (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
spynouna person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another, usually hostile, country, especially with reference to military or naval affairs.
Example Sentences
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It also criticised other senior spies and found "serious and systemic failures in MI5's conduct" throughout the case.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
“Real spies get training in espionage. I had received no such training at all.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
We examine how AI labs are training employees to spot spies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
And while that last claim is somewhat breathless and overblown, the story told by Mr. Kerbaj teems with spies and spy catchers who could have slithered off the pages of John le Carré.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
To keep that from happening, the United States needed inside information about the plans of South America’s Nazi sympathizers and the spies who were working with them.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
