spying
- present participle of spy.
Example Sentences
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After Bisignano left JPMorgan, investigators from the legal department reportedly found digital traces of the spying activity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
One executive said he suspected the spying and put a code phrase in his email, which he said Bisignano repeated back to him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
In more recent cases, State Department intelligence analyst Walter Kendall Myers and former US ambassador to Bolivia Victor Manuel Rocha pled guilty in separate cases to spying for the communist country.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
A British man jailed in Iran after being accused of spying has had two further years added to his decade-long sentence, according to family members.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
“The emperor is spying on the king? Why?”
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
