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

With some knowingly polite smiles, John navigates an awkward, potentially racist interaction at a local gun store while purchasing a sniper scope (sans gun) to spy on Macon’s compound from a nearby tower. — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026

Federal prosecutors usually do not use espionage charges to convict foreign agents spying on exile groups, but instead charge them with other crimes like conspiracy or acting as an agent of a foreign government. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026

Other men on the street and at work in the surroundings alternately lust after and spy on the sisters. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026

The sisters become the fixation of a forklift-driving mouth breather (John Connors) and are photographed while undressing by a neighbor (Malcolm Adams) who climbs up on the roof across the street to spy on them. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for spy on

• anton
• argon
• axon
• baronne
• baryon
• baton
• boron
• buisson
• bygone
• capon
• cardon
• chiffon