Eavesdropping

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  • v. Present participle of eavesdrop.
  • n. Listening secretly to private conversation of others.
  • n. The interception of electronic communication.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places where persons meet for private intercourse, secretly listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The offense is indictable at common law.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of one who eavesdrops; the doings of an eavesdropper.
  • Word Usage
    "One is the -- what I call the eavesdropping although it's not really eavesdropping, because you're giving advance notice to an attorney that, you know, the conversation between he and the clients being listened to, and the military tribunals, to a great degree."
    Verb Stem
    eavesdrop