spy on

verb

spied on; spying on; spies on

: to watch (someone) secretly

He spies on his neighbors.

Have you been spying on me?

Examples of spy on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

No one knows that at the time these are guys being paid by the White House to break into buildings and spy on political opponents. — Dustin Desoto, Vox, 30 Oct. 2026

Germany's military space command chief Major General Michael Traut admitted earlier this year that the Luch spacecraft have been spying on European strategic communications in space for years. — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2026

In other security news this week, a former OpenAI employee accused of using a recording device to spy on company executives has a lot of support from a surprising source. — Kim Key, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026

Prosecutors say Zhang, who also goes by Heather, spied on a son of Taiwan’s president outside his home in the Seattle area at the behest of Chinese officials. — David Douglas, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for spy on

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