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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
spy .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Puck and I -- spylike -- took a back entrance so they wouldn't know where we lived.
June 2007 2007
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Puck and I -- spylike -- took a back entrance so they wouldn't know where we lived.
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Puck and I -- spylike -- took a back entrance so they wouldn't know where we lived.
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He explained to the lady, that, much as he regretted it, if she persisted in her suspicious and spylike conduct, he would have to smash her camera for her.
Roughing it De Luxe John T. McCutcheon 1910
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The bank and the chamber do not appear to have directly solicited the spylike services of HBGary.
NYT > Home Page By ERIC LIPTON 2011
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The bank and the chamber do not appear to have directly solicited the spylike services of HBGary.
NYT > Home Page By ERIC LIPTON 2011
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From his condominium in Mahwah on Tuesday, retired CIA officer James Fitzgerald scanned news accounts of the alleged Russian spy ring and its New Jersey connection - and did something very un-spylike.
Latest News 2010
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From his condominium in Mahwah on Tuesday, retired CIA officer James Fitzgerald scanned news accounts of the alleged Russian spy ring and its New Jersey connection - and did something very un-spylike.
Latest News 2010
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Late Monday, the FBI shut down a major ring of Russian "illegals," a term used to describe agents who burrow deep in American society, blend in with the locals over years, perform spylike tasks and otherwise await orders from Moscow.
Latest Articles 2010
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