spy on

Idioms  

1. Secretly or furtively observe someone or something, as in The children loved spying on the grownups, or The company sent him to spy on the competitor's sales force. [Early 1600s]

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Example Sentences

“During their relationship, Schmidt confided that when he worked at Google, he built an insider “backdoor” to Google servers with a team of Google engineers in order to spy on Google employees.

From Los Angeles Times

Theories about whether Max’s consciousness is trapped in Vecna’s visions, or if she will recover with powers that enable her to spy on Vecna, have been circulating on social media since the release of Season 4, but fans of the character shouldn’t fret.

From Los Angeles Times

The operation, attributed to a Chinese state-sponsored group designated as GTG-1002, manipulated Anthropic's Claude AI system to spy on and steal data from approximately 30 targets with minimal human intervention, according to a company report released Thursday.

From Barron's

He said the fact that NSO’s technology was used to spy on U.S. officials abroad turned opposition to the company into a bipartisan issue.

From The Wall Street Journal

The company, which has faced lawsuits and U.S. government sanctions since revelations that its technology was used to spy on political dissidents, human-rights advocates, journalists and American officials, declined to disclose the purchase price.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

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