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ˈsnooper
[f. snoop v.]
1. One who pries or peeps; spec. one who makes an intrusive official investigation. orig. U.S.
1889in Cent. Dict. 1896Westm. Gaz. 18 Mar. 3/1 Artists sketching whenever they can get a chance, and surrounded by ‘snoopers’. 1928Chicago Tribune 11 July 10/4 Prohibition Commissioner Doran has warned dry snoopers to stop gunplay against innocent citizens. 1939‘N. Blake’ Smiler with Knife i. 19 What a snooper you are! 1948Jrnl. R. Aeronaut. Soc. LII. 719 The difficulty with this is that the potential user is unlikely to come into the picture in the detail design stage, and the designing firm would probably not, in any case, welcome yet another ‘snooper’. 1959E. H. Clements High Tension vi. 103 We should consider ourselves lucky to have a professional snooper as a neighbour. 1965M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate iii. 80 We know Ramdez. He's a snooper for his government. 1978D. Grylls Guardians & Angels iii. 89 The parents..are tip-toeingly attentive... Of course, the adults are not depicted as snoopers.
2. A sneak-thief, a misappropriator. rare.
1924[see snoop v. 3]. 1927‘J. Barbican’ Confessions Rum-Runner ii. xxiii. 257 You rotten little cross-eyed snooper. |