spy on
phrasal verb
spied on; spying on; spies on
: to watch (someone) secretly
He spies on his neighbors.
Have you been spying on me?
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Flashback: Just last fall, U.S. officials found evidence that China had spied on the phones of American politicians — including Trump's.
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Sam Sabin, Axios, 8 Apr. 2025
The revelation that a school could be spying on their students in and out of the classroom was a cause for alarm across America.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 8 Apr. 2025
TikTok briefly went dark in mid-January because of a 2024 U.S. law passed amid concerns that Chinese authorities could spy on and spread propaganda to the social media platform's 170 million American users who come from across the political spectrum.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Though there’s been some evidence of monitoring on the app — Forbes alleged in 2022 that TikTok had spied on its journalists — ByteDance has denied involvement with the Chinese government.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
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Sam Sabin, Axios, 8 Apr. 2025
The revelation that a school could be spying on their students in and out of the classroom was a cause for alarm across America.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 8 Apr. 2025
TikTok briefly went dark in mid-January because of a 2024 U.S. law passed amid concerns that Chinese authorities could spy on and spread propaganda to the social media platform's 170 million American users who come from across the political spectrum.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Though there’s been some evidence of monitoring on the app — Forbes alleged in 2022 that TikTok had spied on its journalists — ByteDance has denied involvement with the Chinese government.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
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“Spy on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spy%20on. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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