espionage
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, -ˌnäj, -nij, Canadian also -ˌnazh; ˌe-spē-ə-ˈnäzh; i-ˈspē-ə-nij
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And this past spring, via BBC America, came Killing Eve, a mordantly funny espionage thriller for which Waller-Bridge served as head writer and showrunner. — David Kamp, WSJ, "Phoebe Waller-Bridge is a Powerhouse on the Rise," 5 Nov. 2018 Notable differences include the use of Cobalt Strike rather than custom malware; however, many espionage actors do use publicly and commercially available frameworks for reasons such as plausible deniability. — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, "Russia’s Cozy Bear comes out of hiding with post-election spear-phishing blitz," 20 Nov. 2018 Tom Burt, corporate vice president for customer security and trust at Microsoft, noted at the panel today that the company had tracked attempts to use fake Microsoft domains for espionage activities in 2016. — Colin Lecher, The Verge, "Microsoft says hackers already targeted three 2018 midterm candidates," 19 July 2018 Part espionage tale, part coming of age/coming out novel, Knecht's narrative requires a lot of setup, which gives the first half of her story a cumbersome stop-and-start rhythm. — Maureen Corrigan, chicagotribune.com, "Forget about 007. This heroine has her own brand of spycraft.," 21 June 2018 Why isn’t this more like John Buchan’s espionage novel, or at least like Alfred Hitchcock’s fairly respectful film version? — Lawrence Toppman, charlotteobserver, "REVIEW: This critic has an admission to make about ‘The 39 Steps’ at Actor’s Theatre," 7 June 2018 Rastvorov — a major espionage asset who revealed important information about the KGB and the Soviet government —defected in Tokyo and was taken to a CIA safe house in Potomac, Maryland, where agents interrogated him for hours every day for months. — Matt Campbell, kansascity, "In memoriam through June 1: ‘Pong’ game creator, political prankster who got Nixon," 1 June 2018 But they were later accused of setting up a studio for RFA and charged with espionage. — Sopheng Cheang, The Seattle Times, "2 Cambodian reporters charged with spying released on bail," 21 Aug. 2018 In fact, China is the primary player in economic espionage and intellectual property theft cases, Rosenstein said. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "US and allies: New hacks mean China broke 2015 economic espionage pact," 20 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'espionage.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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