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Snooping

To be devious and cunning so as not to be seen.

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📖 Definitions of "Snooping"

verb

1
To be devious and cunning so as not to be seen.
2
To secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others.
"If I had not snooped on her, I wouldn't have found out that she lied about her degree."

noun

1
A secret spying or investigation.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Snooping"

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Word	Definition
eavesdroppernoun	One who eavesdrops.
spyverb	(intransitive) To act as a spy.
stagverb	(intransitive, British) To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks.
probingnoun	The action of investigating or exploring.
surveyverb	To investigate the opinions, experiences, etc., of people by asking them questions; to conduct a survey; to administer a questionnaire.
spyingnoun	espionage; the act of secretly gathering information
sneakingnoun	Secret or underhand; not openly avowed.
inquirynoun	The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
monitoringnoun	The carrying out of surveillance on, or continuous or regular observation of, an environment or people in order to detect signals, movements or changes of state or quality.
soundingnoun	The action of the verb to sound.
supervisionnoun	(uncountable) The act or instance of supervising.
supervisory	Of, pertaining to, or in the capacity of a supervisor
pollverb	(transitive) To take, record the votes of (an electorate).
pingverb	(networking) To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.
oversightverb	(transitive, nonstandard) To oversee; to supervise.
pokingnoun	The act by which something is poked.
pollingnoun	(politics, uncountable) the process of voting in an election.
spoofingnoun	(computing) Falsifying one's identity or other identifying information (e.g. location) by technical means to deceive or gain access.
diggingnoun	The action performed by a person or thing that digs.
probeverb	(ambitransitive) To explore, investigate, question, test, or prove.