espionage
noun/ˈespiənɑːʒ/
/ˈespiənɑːʒ/
[uncountable]- the activity of secretly getting important political or military information about another country or of finding out another company’s secrets by using spies synonym spying
- Some of the commercial activities were a cover for espionage.
- She may call it research; I call it industrial espionage.
Extra Examples- He was found guilty of espionage against the United States.
- The big computer companies are very worried about industrial espionage.
- Two members of the embassy staff had been expelled for espionage.
- espionage on behalf of foreign states
- evidence of espionage activities in Australia
- one of the most important espionage cases of the 20th century
- the shadowy world of espionage
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- corporate
- economic
- industrial
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- be engaged in
- be involved in
- conduct
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- activity
- operations
- case
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- espionage against
- espionage on behalf of
- the world of espionage
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French espionnage, from espionner ‘to spy’, from espion ‘a spy’.Want to learn more?
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