eavesdrop
verb (used without object)
to listen secretly to a private conversation.
have been eavesdropping
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present perfect progressiveof eavesdrop.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Another controversy broke last year with a leak of classified Pentagon documents indicating the U.S. may have been eavesdropping on South Korea’s presidential office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024
Or that the respectable Messrs. Faizon and St. Geegland might have been eavesdropping on Mr. Mamet in rehearsal.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2015
That was a double precaution: the suspected terrorists could have been eavesdropping on the police band, and it was equally possible that al-Qaeda had informants deep within the Faisalabad security force.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ms. Lewinsky also told Mr. Jordan that she was worried that someone might have been eavesdropping on her telephone conversations with the President.
From Time Magazine Archive
"You thought I might have been eavesdropping, perhaps," he said.
From The Woman in Black by E. C. (Edmund Clerihew) Bentley
