as in to interfere
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern
a private investigator snooping around the abandoned warehouse
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as in spy
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Recent Examples of snoop
Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 14 Apr. 2025
Snowplow parenting tells me to lean into snooping and send emails to their teachers requesting retakes and extensions.
—Gail Cornwall, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2025
PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
Scores of security guards keep the homeless, the snoops and the patent-stealers at bay, while the dealmakers pack into the cramped Westin St. Francis hotel and its surrounds to meet with cash-hungry executives from biotech and other health care companies.
—Molly Castle Work and Arthur Allen, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2024
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Verb
Helping distract the men from the matter at hand was Tim snooping around the Deputy Director’s office, and getting caught.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 14 Apr. 2025
Snowplow parenting tells me to lean into snooping and send emails to their teachers requesting retakes and extensions.
—Gail Cornwall, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
And a feature called Track Cleaner wipes away tracks and traces of your computer and internet use, to foil snoops.
—PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
Scores of security guards keep the homeless, the snoops and the patent-stealers at bay, while the dealmakers pack into the cramped Westin St. Francis hotel and its surrounds to meet with cash-hungry executives from biotech and other health care companies.
—Molly Castle Work and Arthur Allen, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snoop
Verb
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As Cena went for an AA on Rhodes on the announce table, Uso was able to interfere and hit Cena with a spear.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Such a coalition would then need to get China not to interfere, in part by making clear that its goal is the end of the war, not the end of Russia.—
DMYTRO KULEBA,
Foreign Affairs,
30 May 2025
Noun
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North Korea has repeatedly failed to launch military spy satellites.—
Choe Sang-Hun,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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This was a real group of spies that pretended to be Southern and infiltrated the South and became friends and colleagues.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 May 2025
Verb
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And to fill that space, fill it beautifully, not take up that space and mess it up in a sense.—
Danielle Pointdujour,
Essence,
23 May 2025
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Our frail nature, damaged by our propensity to mess things up, stands in need of grace and salvation.—
Anna Rowlands,
Time,
12 May 2025
Verb
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That victory put O’Malley back in the rankings. O’Malley’s next bout ended in a no contest, when an eye poke in the second round left Pedro Munhoz unable to continue.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev poked fun at the explosive war of words between U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, offering to mediate peace between the two political allies.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
Noun
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Suddenly, Riddick's effervescent peepers become their only hope for survival, if he can be bothered to help out.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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It’s designed to work with makeup to prep skin first and keep peepers looking fresh and bright all day long, plus has a brightening effect to visibly reduces dark circles over time.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Snoop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snoop. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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