Definition of snoop
: to look or pry especially in a sneaking or meddlesome manner
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Examples of snoop in a Sentence
She locks up her diary to keep her brother from snooping.
Government agencies have been snooping on them for years.
She doesn't want reporters snooping into her personal life.
Recent Examples of snoop from the Web
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Can Amazon ensure all of its workers don’t snoop on customers’ purchases?
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Meanwhile, not every state even requires a warrant to gather location data, which all ads up to a pretty nightmarish scenario of being snooped on without any knowledge—or any way to prevent it.
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The bill gives parents an exemption from the law, which presently makes snooping on a child’s phone call a felony punishable by up to two years in prison and a $2,000 fine.
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According to prosecutors, Knight’s snooping lasted from November 2016 to May 2017.
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Of course, some guests can’t help snooping around the shelves in the drawing room and wondering which of the personal effects—a Birds of the World book, a Rolling Stones Love You Live CD—might have made their way here from Buckingham Palace.
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Even privacy-minded senior citizens, loathe to reveal too much about themselves, are known to use Facebook to snoop on others.
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The devices essentially act as fake cellphone towers, and as mobile devices connect to them, the devices are able to snoop on the traffic that goes through.
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Encrypted from end to end, domiciled in a country out of reach of subpoenas—and very easy to use—the app is among the top choices of people worried about snooping governments and malicious third parties.
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Origin and Etymology of snoop
Dutch snoepen to buy or eat on the sly; akin to Dutch snappen to snap
Examples of snoop in a Sentence
No, I didn't read your e-mail. I'm no snoop.
We had a snoop around their apartment.
Recent Examples of snoop from the Web
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Security experts suggest keeping type small to foil phone snoops.
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Skeptics wonder if the convenience of being able to manage a thermostat remotely or turn off lights automatically is worth the risk of a hacker repurposing the gadgets or snoops learning your household habits.
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Consider using plug-ins like Privacy Badger or HTTPS Everywhere to block tracking or keep your activity safer from snoops.
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Click here to learn the steps to secure your microphone from snoops.
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Researchers recently discovered that the app lacks the basic encryption needed to keep your swipes, as well as your photos and matches, hidden from online snoops nearby, Wired reports.
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Be a beauty snoop.. check out what celebs like Sharon Stone and Serena Williams have stashed in their bags.
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A friend takes out her trash, dispersing it around town to evade snoops.
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Arya sees her sister snoop and is happy to explain the world of the Many-Faced God and the Game of Faces.
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First Known Use of snoop
circa 1890
SNOOP Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of snoop for English Language Learners
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: to look for private information about someone or something
snoop
Definition of snoop for English Language Learners
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: someone who looks for private information about someone or something : someone who snoops
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: a secret look around a place
SNOOP Defined for Kids
Definition of snoop for Students
snooped;
snooping
: to look or search especially in a sneaking or nosy way
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snooper
nounDefinition of snoop for Students
: a person who looks or searches in a sneaky or nosy way
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