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n. The act or practice of spying or of using spies to obtain secret information, as about another government or a business competitor.

n. The act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means.

n. The practice or employment of spies; the practice of watching the words and conduct of others, to make discoveries, as spies or secret emissaries; secret watching.

n. The practice of spying; secret observation of the acts or utterances of another by a spy or emissary; offensive surveillance.

n. the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets

"Peruvian-Chilean relations have been generally good of late and Peruvian officials including Defense Minister Luis Alberto Otarola avoided the word "espionage" when questioned by reporters about the arrests of Serain and Pizarro."

spying    undercover work   

counterespionage    industrial espionage   

spying   

counterespionage   

sabotage    bribery    arson    perjury    terrorism    blackmail    launder    conspiracy    fraud    coercion