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verb

ˈsnüp How to pronounce snoop (audio)
Definition of snoopnext
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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snoop

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noun

as in spy

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Recent Examples of snoop
Verb
Besides the risk of Oracle snooping into your business, there’s also the possibility of regulatory capture — that is, because Ellison is so tight with the Trumps, what remains of the government watchdogs won’t stop it. — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 29 Apr. 2026 Anymore, which will allow subscribers to snoop at a deep level on just about anyone in the world; the war against the data eaters, the name suggests, is long since lost, and is none of your business, anyway. — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
Illustration by Patricia Bolaños New York, as the best gossips know, is a snoop’s paradise—a nirvana for nosiness, an intermeddler’s Eden. — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025 Walter hacks into the internet and Lottie’s phone while Shauna mopes around, and Misty snoops in Lottie’s pockets and drawers for evidence. — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for snoop
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snoop
  1. interfere
  2. spy
  3. mess
  4. snooper
  5. poke
  6. peeper
Verb
  • But as China’s 2018 detention of two Canadian citizens after Canada arrested a Huawei executive showed, the party readily interferes in the legal system when important interests are at stake.
    — Mark Jia, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Liv Morgan was caught trying to interfere in the match, which led to Perez’s disqualification.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of interfere
Noun
  • In interviews with federal agents and later with CNN, his family dismissed the notion that Beloozerov may have been a spy.
    — Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Margaretha Zelle MacLeod’s stage name came to signify the epitome of the seductive female spy after she was executed by the French in 1917.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of spy
Verb
  • Here’s how to bring flowers from your cutting garden indoors while keeping insects and mess out.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The only way to mess this up is to not allow yourself the opportunity to touch it again and again and again.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
Definition of mess
Noun
  • The Department’s mistake is to worry about Sarah instead of Zoë, the professional snooper.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
  • It is turned off by default—anything that can store this kind of history is something that a snooper or domestic abuser could access.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Definition of snooper
Verb
  • Dike was waiting in the middle to poke it home, giving Orlando a 1-0 lead.
    — Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But regardless of any lack of confidence in Hamas’ true intentions, in Mladenov’s faith in the ability to verify weapons decommissioning, or indeed Netanyahu’s own willingness to order any troop withdrawals, why poke Trump so publicly in the eye?
    — Andrew Carey, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of poke
Noun
  • Similar to how goggles protect your peepers from chlorine (and the burning feeling that can follow after opening your eyes in a swimming pool), goggles work very well to combat onion tears, Hale says.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2026
  • The House advanced the bill codifying the peeper’s status, House Bill 5534, this week by a vote of 136-0.
    — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
Definition of peeper

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