EAVESDROPPING Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

eavesdropping

noun

Definition of eavesdropping

as in interference

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as in wiretapping

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Recent Examples of eavesdropping Expect mistaken identities, eavesdropping and a bit of chaos. — Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2026 More than a year after the tapes were shared, District Attorney Nathan Hochman charged Flores for violating a decades-old California eavesdropping statute that prohibits secret recordings without informed consent of all parties present. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 Now, for the second straight summer, 49ers training camp goes on without him on the sideline — strolling, watching, eavesdropping, muttering. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026 Kevin Pearsall, 59, of Long Beach, faces five felony counts of eavesdropping, 23 misdemeanor counts of secretly filming another and three misdemeanor counts of unlawful dissemination of private recordings. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for eavesdropping

Recent Examples of Synonyms for eavesdropping

Noun

Tusk and his government have characterized their conservative opposition as buoyed by foreign agitators, particularly Russian interference.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
Democrats fear interference and voter intimidation as his Justice Department threatens to prosecute local election officials.

— Jill Colvin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of interference

Noun

Lawrence, Massachusetts, Mayor Brian DePeña, who is already facing unrelated federal criminal charges, was arraigned Tuesday on more than a dozen state wiretapping charges.

— Matt Schooley, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Later that year, he was charged with wiretapping, and although authorities did not offer more details, local journalists have reported that the alleged wiretapping was meant to monitor the investigation of his mother.

— James Lasdun, New Yorker, 26 May 2026

Definition of wiretapping

Noun

Under this concept, armed forces aim to coordinate multiple VICTOR drones into autonomous swarms capable of dividing surveillance, reconnaissance, and transport missions in real time.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
In April, Russia launched a fleet of small satellites into an orbit close to a commercial radar remote sensing satellite owned by ICEYE that provides reconnaissance imagery to Ukraine.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of reconnaissance

Noun

For the third-act interrogation scene of Longlegs, the horror-mystery’s occult obsessed serial killer (played by Nicolas Cage in heavy prosthetic makeup) punctuates his free-associative jailhouse ramblings with a stunning act of self-annihilation.

— Chris Lee, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
Asylum claims, prison, a police interrogation room or a hospital waiting room, for example.

— Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of interrogation

Noun

Prosecutors say surveillance and body-camera footage contradict ICE’s account; the agency denies intentional contact, calls the indictment a political stunt and disputes local officials’ authority to investigate.

— Anna Wilder, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Kim Se Yun described the constant surveillance when abroad and at home as miserable and utterly asphyxiating.

— Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of surveillance

Noun

Such a line of questioning was met with anger — or the closest thing Young chose to muster to it.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2026
Marsocci acknowledged industry-wide questioning about the future of the brand without its famous, charismatic and exacting founder.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of questioning

Noun

The door’s handle had been broken off but the door did not have damage consistent with a break-in, such as prying or force marks, said Det.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
If the convict can help transport the loot from that camp to a safe space far from the government’s prying eyes, the warden will punch his get-outta-jail-free card.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026