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1. (n.) espionage
the act or practice of spying.
2. espionage
the use of spies by a government to discover the military and political secrets of other nations.
3. espionage
the use of spies by a corporation or the like to acquire the plans or technical knowledge of a competitor:
industrial espionage.
Etymology: (1785–95; < F espionnage, MF espionage=espionn(er) to spy (der. of espion spy < It spione)
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| Definition of 'espionage' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) espionage
the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) espionage
the practice or employment of spies; the practice of watching the words and conduct of others, to make discoveries, as spies or secret emissaries; secret watching
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. espionage
The act of obtaining, delivering, transmitting, communicating, or receiving information about the national defense with an intent, or reason to believe, that the information may be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation. Espionage is a violation of 18 United States Code 792-798 and Article 106, Uniform Code of Military Justice. See also counterintelligence.
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Sense: the activity of spying
He has never been involved in espionage.
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 Afrikaans: spioenasie |
 Arabic: تَجَسُّس، جاسوسِيَّه |
 Bulgarian: шпионаж |
 Brazilian: espionagem |
 Czech: špionáž |
 German: die Spionage |
 Danish: spionage |
 Greek: κατασκοπεία |
 Spanish: espionaje |
 Estonian: spionaaþ |
 Farsi: جاسوسی |
 Finnish: vakoilu |
 French: espionnage |
 Hebrew: רִיגוּל |
 Hindi: गुप्तचर रखना, चारवृत्ति |
 Croatian: špijuniranje |
 Hungarian: kémkedés |
 Indonesian: spionase |
 Icelandic: njósnir |
 Italian: spionaggio |
 Japanese: スパイ行為 |
 Korean: 스파이 행위 |
 Lithuanian: špionažas, šnipinėjimas |
 Latvian: spiegošana |
 Malay: aktiviti perisikan |
 Dutch: spionage |
 Norwegian: spionasje |
 Polish: szpiegostwo |
 Persian: جاسوسی |
 Pashto: جاسوسى |
 Portuguese: espionagem |
 Romanian: spionaj |
 Russian: шпионаж |
 Slovak: špionáž |
 Slovenian: vohunstvo |
 Serbian: špijunaža |
 Swedish: spioneri, spionage |
 Thai: จารกรรม |
 Turkish: casusluk |
 Taiwanese: 間諜活動 |
 Ukrainian: шпигунство, шпіонаж |
 Urdu: جاسوسی |
 Vietnamese: gián điệp |
 Chinese: 间谍活动 |
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