espionage

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It was true that during their journey he had mentioned to Selingman his intention of taking a flat at the Milan Court, but if this espionage were the direct outcome of that information, it was indeed a wonderful organisation which Selingman controlled You have acted very discreetly, Hardy," he said.

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

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  • Murrane is keeping this a battle of espionage and counter-espionage, and winning it. —  AUGUST, 1953 VOL
  • [20] "Those who have studied the Hiss case by and large believe that he was guilty of perjury and quite likely also guilty of espionage, that is, of passing government documents to the Soviets," write Gilbert Geis and Leigh B. Bienen. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • [21] "Those who have studied the Hiss case by and large believe that he was guilty of perjury and quite likely also guilty of espionage, that is, of passing government documents to the Soviets," write Gilbert Geis and Leigh B. Bienen. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • "Those who have studied the Hiss case by and large believe that he was guilty of perjury and quite likely also guilty of espionage, that is, of passing government documents to the Soviets," write Gilbert Geis and Leigh B. Bienen. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • [482] "Those who have studied the Hiss case by and large believe that he was guilty of perjury and quite likely also guilty of espionage, that is, of passing government documents to the Soviets," write Gilbert Geis and Leigh B. Bienen. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
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  1. French espionnage, from espionner, to spy, from Old French espion, spy, from Old Italian spione, of Germanic origin; see spek- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French espionnage, from espion, a spy, from Italian spione, a spy: see spy, espy.
 

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