eavesdrop
verb (used without object)
to listen secretly to a private conversation.
eavesdropper
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a word derived from
eavesdrop.
Example Sentences
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Tøndel empowers the camera to follow characters down hallways and then continue, peeking around corners, finding an eavesdropper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025
Unfortunately, the researchers using them are often faced with a similar plight as the unfortunate eavesdropper, leaning against a locked door with an empty glass to their ear.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2024
Communicating with entangled light can also guarantee security, as measurements of quantum systems can reveal the presence of the eavesdropper.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2022
Whether in the middle of a protest or a dinner party, Patrick Scola’s camera moves fluidly and evocatively, peering over shoulders like an eavesdropper or shadowing characters from behind.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2018
He listened like an unwilling eavesdropper to the muffled, indistinguishable drone of the lowered voices outside.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
