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spy

Definition for spy

noun as in person who secretly finds out about another's business

verb as in secretly follow, watch another's actions

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It is a spy series at its core, but you guys never really pull from the headlines.

The highly anticipated sixth season of the hilarious spy-spoof will premiere on FX at 10 pm EST on January 8, 2015.

And after the film premiered in Telluride, you were accused by Iran State Media of being a “Zionist” CIA spy.

“Once a spy, always a spy,” his friend responded; this was a common Soviet saying.

That alliance between the spy agency and the military, forged in Iraq, would forever change the way America fights wars.

It was a fact that Amy Drew often saw humor where her chum 98 could not spy anything in the least laughable.

Valence sent a woman, disguised as a beggar, to spy out the position; but Bruce saw through the dodge, and the spy confessed.

To spy out the land with a naval telescope over a mile of sea means taking a lot on trust as we learned to our cost on April 25th.

Many a spy of the Kaiser had tried to pry there and had been arrested and sentenced to a long term of imprisonment.

Nobody guessed where the King of Asturia was, and the spy had gone off on a false errand altogether.

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On this page you'll find 124 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to spy, such as: agent, detective, informer, investigator, mole, and operative.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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