spy on

verb

spied on; spying on; spies on
: to watch (someone) secretly
He spies on his neighbors.
Have you been spying on me?

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After schlepping his way up to P-town, spying on Nancy smooching a guy from work, and being thrown out of a local eatery known as the Flagship for drunken assholery, Bourdain begins his journey in earnest. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026 It was also recently caught using hidden code to secretly spy on Chinese users of its products. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 5 Aug. 2026 Touted as dream crime-fighting tools, networks of roadside cameras by Flock and other companies have also been misused to spy on people’s lives. — Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2026 The Wall Street Journal published a story alleging that you were involved in spying on a fellow banking executive. — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for spy on

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“Spy on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spy%20on. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

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