espionage
Meaning of espionage
noun
- the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information.
the camouflage and secrecy of espionage
late 18th century: from French espionnage, from espionner ‘to spy’, from espion ‘a spy’.
Information about espionage
- It is a name.
- The plural form of espionage is: espionages.
- Languages in which espionage is used:
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Hyphenation of espionage
es-pi-onage
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- espionage is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
espionage synonyms
Meaning work for a government or other organization by secretly obtaining information about enemies or competitors:
Meaning close observation, especially of a suspected spy or criminal:
Meaning military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features:
Meaning the collection of information of military or political value:
Meaning secretly listen to a conversation:
Meaning the action of entering or gaining access to an organization or place surreptitiously, especially in order to acquire secret information or cause damage:
Meaning the traditional Japanese art of stealth, camouflage, and sabotage, developed in feudal times for espionage and now practised as a martial art:
Meaning conceal a miniature microphone in (a room or device) in order to listen to or record someone's conversations secretly:
Meaning the practice of connecting a listening device to a telephone line to monitor conversations secretly:
Meaning short for reconnaissance:
Translation of espionage
- French: espionnage
- German: Spionage
- Italian: spionaggio
- Portuguese: espionagem
- Spanish: espionaje
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