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.
have spied
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present perfectof spy.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Fifa deducted six points from Canada after they were found to have spied on New Zealand using a drone.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
The New York Times, which first reported the arrest, identified Ethiopia as the country for which Lemma is alleged to have spied.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
Researchers have spied the first radiation belt outside the Solar System.
From Science Magazine ● May 17, 2023
Researchers have spied this sort of structure before—in WR 104 and Apep, both of which are multiple star systems with a Wolf-Rayet component.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 25, 2022
Back in New York he seems to have spied for the British while claiming to be a Son of Liberty.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
