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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Recent Examples of espionage
Last week, Polymarket even accused Kalshi of corporate espionage in interviews with the New York Post, a claim Kalshi denied.
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Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026
The city's government in 2024 enacted another security law, targeting other crimes such as espionage and disclosing state secrets.
—ABC News, 8 June 2026
In October 2024, the Justice Department charged five Chinese nationals who studied at U-M with espionage after they were accused of photographing military equipment at Camp Grayling in northern lower Michigan.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 3 June 2026
Its opening moments feature action, adventure, and espionage on a worldwide scale big enough to fill a proper James Bond movie.
—Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
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Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026
The city's government in 2024 enacted another security law, targeting other crimes such as espionage and disclosing state secrets.
—ABC News, 8 June 2026
In October 2024, the Justice Department charged five Chinese nationals who studied at U-M with espionage after they were accused of photographing military equipment at Camp Grayling in northern lower Michigan.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 3 June 2026
Its opening moments feature action, adventure, and espionage on a worldwide scale big enough to fill a proper James Bond movie.
—Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for espionage
spying
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As a result, stories revealing the NSA’s mass spying tactics were published in The Guardian, The Washington Post and other outlets around the world.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
14 June 2026
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In March, two Democrats and two Republicans opposed to the law’s broad spying authority introduced a bill to limit the government’s ability to obtain Americans’ private communications without a warrant.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 June 2026
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“Espionage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/espionage. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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