Definition of Spy

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Definition of Spy

Spy

To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment; to espy; to see.

To discover by close search or examination.

To explore; to view; inspect; and examine secretly, as a country; -- usually with out.

To search narrowly; to scrutinize.

One who keeps a constant watch of the conduct of others.

A person sent secretly into an enemy's camp, territory, or fortifications, to inspect his works, ascertain his strength, movements, or designs, and to communicate such intelligence to the proper officer.

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Spy Quotations

In TV, and in particular in commercials, you don't really need to explain very much at all - you just say he's a spy and he's a little bit theatrical and overblown and smug and he's not very good at his job.
Rowan Atkinson

We have learned in recent years to translate almost all of political life in terms of conspiracy. And the spy novel, as never before, really, has come into its own.
John Le Carre

A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.
John Le Carre

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, you see - every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties.
Graham Greene

I am a spy in the house of me. I report back from the front lines of the battle that is me. I am somewhat nonplused by the event that is my life.
Carrie Fisher

What I'm getting at is, you know, if we really want to get serious about helping all the people living in the street and getting people jobs, we could just hire half the people in the country to spy on the other half.
Jello Biafra

The Confederates had suspected Wild Bill of being a spy for two or three days, and had watched him closely.
Buffalo Bill

The human spy, in terms of the American espionage effort, had never been terribly pertinent.
Aldrich Ames

However I dress it up, I was a spy and I am not proud of it.
Christine Keeler

I have no spy stories to tell, because I saw no spies. Nor did I understand, at that time, any opposition between American and Russian national interest.
Elia Kazan

Spy Translations

spy in Dutch is spieden, beloeren, bespieden
spy in German is Spion, spionieren
spy in Italian is spia
spy in Swedish is snoka, spionera, speja, spana, spion

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