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[ es -pee-uh -nahzh, -nij, es-pee-uh -nahzh ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈɛs pi əˌnɑʒ, -nɪdʒ, ˌɛs pi əˈnɑʒ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun the act or practice of spying.
the use of spies by a government to discover the military and political secrets of other nations.
the use of spies by a corporation or the like to acquire the plans, technical knowledge, etc., of a competitor: industrial espionage.
Origin of espionage 1785–95; <French espionnage, Middle French espionage, equivalent to espionn (er ) to spy (derivative of espion spy <Italian spione <Germanic; akin to German spähen to look out) + -age -age
OTHER WORDS FROM espionage non·es·pi·o·nage, noun Words nearby espionage especial, especially, esperance, Esperanto, espial, espionage , Espírito Santo, Espíritu Santo, esplanade, esplees, ESPN
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Example sentences from the Web for espionage In June 2018 a jury finds him guilty of espionage , and he is later sentenced to 20 years in prison.
A brief history of US-China espionage entanglements | Konstantin Kakaes| September 3, 2020| MIT Technology Review
The move marks an escalation of regulatory involvement in the espionage charges, which also triggered probes by Swiss prosecutors.
Swiss regulators extend probe into spying at Credit Suisse | kdunn6| September 2, 2020| Fortune
That is why I visited my relatives in Iran in 2011, when I was unjustly arrested and charged with espionage .
An American Marine in Iran’s Prisons Goes on Hunger Strike | IranWire| December 18, 2014| DAILY BEAST
In 2011, he was arrested while visiting his grandmother in Iran, charged with espionage , and sentenced to death.
An American Marine in Iran’s Prisons Goes on Hunger Strike | IranWire| December 18, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The crime-fighting penguins, says the trailer, are “masters of the skies, espionage , and aerial assault.”
Lovable ‘Madagascar’ Penguins Are Known to Rape and Torture in Real Life | Asawin Suebsaeng| November 26, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Whatever skills it takes to succeed in espionage or racketeering, I patently lack.
Vaccines Are Poison, Cellphones Cause Cancer, and Other Medical Conspiracies | Russell Saunders| July 18, 2014| DAILY BEAST
This official declined to discuss the details of the current espionage case that is roiling the German government today.
One Big Reason The CIA Spied on Germany: Worries About Russian Moles in Berlin | Eli Lake| July 12, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The dwelling-house of a royal councillor is exempt from any espionage in the Naya's cause.
The Great White Queen | William Le Queux
There is no offence more serious than espionage in time of war, and by every rule of war he was a spy.
The Boy Scouts In Russia | John Blaine
He did not live, like the students of some religious seminaries, under constant surveillance and espionage .
The Real Shelley, Vol. I (of 2) | John Cordy Jeaffreson
To this espionage we are indebted for some edifying details of Hawthorne's sojourn in upper Berkshire.
Literary Shrines | Theodore F. Wolfe
Miss Farrel might as well have been under the espionage of a private detective as with Miss Hart.
The Shoulders of Atlas | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
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British Dictionary definitions for espionage / (ˈɛspɪəˌnɑːʒ , ˌɛspɪəˈnɑːʒ , ˈɛspɪənɪdʒ ) /
noun the systematic use of spies to obtain secret information, esp by governments to discover military or political secrets
the act or practice of spying
Word Origin for espionage C18: from French espionnage, from espionner to spy, from espion spy, from Old Italian spione, of Germanic origin; compare German spähen to spy
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Words related to espionage intelligence, reconnaissance, shadowing, tailing