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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Someone with delusions may think the Central Intelligence Agency has infiltrated their phone to spy on them, Weinberger said, and thus remove the phone’s battery.
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Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Long before its history of spying on students became widely known, the ADL’s weaponization of victimhood had already pervaded our public schools.
—Sahar Mustafah
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
The Wall Street Journal separately reported in May that the United States had stepped up its intelligence operations to spy on Greenland.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
That kind of access gives intelligence agencies the potential not only to spy on phone calls and text messages, but also to track people’s locations, the report found.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
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Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Long before its history of spying on students became widely known, the ADL’s weaponization of victimhood had already pervaded our public schools.
—Sahar Mustafah
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
The Wall Street Journal separately reported in May that the United States had stepped up its intelligence operations to spy on Greenland.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
That kind of access gives intelligence agencies the potential not only to spy on phone calls and text messages, but also to track people’s locations, the report found.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for spy on
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“Spy on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spy%20on. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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