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Meanings of spy in English

Russian
разведчик
Portuguese
espião
Spanish
espía
Catalan
agent secret

Person engaged obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential.

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      разведчик
      Portuguese
      ver
      Catalan
      ataüllar
      Spanish
      ver

      Catch sight of.

            ver
            Portuguese
            espiar
            Catalan
            espiar
            Spanish
            espiar

            Watch, observe, or inquire secretly.

                  espiar
                  Portuguese
                  espião
                  Catalan
                  agent secret

                  (Military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors.

                        espião
                        Usage of spy in English
                        1
                        New legislation governing New Zealand's spy agencies has been passed by Parliament.
                        Radio NZ
                        2
                        None of my ladies would answer a question from an English spy.
                        The King’s Curse
                        3
                        Read: Trump adviser said microwaves were used to spy on the Donald.
                        The South African
                        4
                        The 54-year-old worked as a spy in Scandinavia, Africa and Western Europe.
                        Reuters
                        5
                        Some American recruits had concerns about working for a foreign spy service.
                        Reuters
                        6
                        Russian state TV claimed the FSB had exposed a major spy ring.
                        The Guardian
                        7
                        Her spy was still waiting to learn the value of his information.
                        Ilse Witch
                        8
                        Gunfire also erupted inside the spy agency's building, an official source said.
                        Reuters
                        9
                        The government seems to think every Jap is a spy these days.
                        Her mother's hope
                        10
                        The Canadian Security Intelligence Service spy agency said it could not comment.
                        Reuters
                        11
                        Nevertheless, the former spy's career included close-up experience of a catastrophic operation.
                        The Guardian
                        12
                        Cooperation is close across the main spy agencies at home and abroad.
                        Reuters
                        13
                        One must be the half-foolish Nicko; the other must be the spy.
                        Ruth Fielding at the War Front; or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldie...
                        14
                        The lot of the professional spy will be harder in the future.
                        The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, ...
                        15
                        A German spy was shot during the Second World War in 1941.
                        The tower, the zoo and the tortoise
                        16
                        Some of America's spy agencies probably rely too much on outside companies.
                        Wired
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