as in spying
the secret gathering of information on others
the acts of espionage on behalf of the Confederacy carried on by Belle Boyd and Rose Greenhow
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The espionage thriller has now reached $5.1 million overall.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
One founding American who did not share his age’s discomfort with espionage was George Washington.
—James Santel, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
Marshall argues that TikTok and ByteDance are engaged in espionage by exploiting personal information, especially data belonging to minors.
—Jennifer Lindahl, USA Today, 6 May 2025
Following a brief spell on the sidelines after surgery, Lock Stock and Harry Potter actor Nick Moran is already back in the saddle and has joined the cast of Brit espionage thriller Knightfall, alongside Ian Ogilvy, Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott, Michael Paré and Roger Moore’s son Geoffrey Moore.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
One founding American who did not share his age’s discomfort with espionage was George Washington.
—James Santel, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
Marshall argues that TikTok and ByteDance are engaged in espionage by exploiting personal information, especially data belonging to minors.
—Jennifer Lindahl, USA Today, 6 May 2025
Following a brief spell on the sidelines after surgery, Lock Stock and Harry Potter actor Nick Moran is already back in the saddle and has joined the cast of Brit espionage thriller Knightfall, alongside Ian Ogilvy, Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott, Michael Paré and Roger Moore’s son Geoffrey Moore.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Espionage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/espionage. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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