snooper

snoop

S0513200 (sno͞op)intr.v. snooped, snoop·ing, snoops To pry into the private affairs of others, especially by prowling about.n. One who snoops.

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[Dutch snoepen, to eat on the sly.]

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snoop′er n.

snooper

(ˈsnuːpə) n1. a person who snoops2. (Social Welfare) informal Brit a person employed by the government to spy on claimants to make sure that they are not infringing the conditions of their eligibility for benefit

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

snooper - a spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of otherssnoopeavesdropper - a secret listener to private conversationsspy - a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people; "my spies tell me that you had a good time last night"

snooper

noun nosy parker, snoop (informal), busybody, meddler, pry, stickybeak (Austral. informal), Paul Pry (informal) We're naturally a nation of snoopers.

snooper

nounA person who snoops:prier, pry, snoop.

Translations

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