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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Recent Examples of snoop
Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
And a feature called Track Cleaner wipes away tracks and traces of your computer and internet use, to foil snoops.
—PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Its security staff had discovered Cobwebs, founded by former members of Israel’s elite cyber intel agencies, was using hundreds of accounts to snoop on Facebook and WhatsApp users, many of them activists, opposition politicians and government officials in Hong Kong and Mexico.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Under the pretense of getting a suit Hector can wear in court, Cherry snoops around their bedroom.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
And a feature called Track Cleaner wipes away tracks and traces of your computer and internet use, to foil snoops.
—PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
Noun
Some versions were designed to snoop on Telegram messages.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Its security staff had discovered Cobwebs, founded by former members of Israel’s elite cyber intel agencies, was using hundreds of accounts to snoop on Facebook and WhatsApp users, many of them activists, opposition politicians and government officials in Hong Kong and Mexico.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Verb
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Others say that humans should not interfere in forest growth and instead take a hands off approach.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
29 Oct. 2025
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The National Immigrant Justice Center says, if filming or taking notes of what's happening, take care not to interfere or obstruct the operation.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Classified spy satellites are the Ferraris of the space world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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In recent years, The View dressed a child as an Oscar with a red handprint on their face to commemorate the infamous Will Smith Oscars slap, and dressed another kid as the legendary Chinese spy balloon one year later.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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If your smartwatch tracking every heartbeat and sleep cycle hasn’t already given you health anxiety, Kohler wants to mess you up in a new way.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Department’s mistake is to worry about Sarah instead of Zoë, the professional snooper.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
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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
Verb
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Tom Aspinall’s heavyweight title defense at UFC 321 ended in chaos after Ciryl Gane accidentally poked him in both eyes late in the first round.—
Antonio Losada,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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Or use your finger, poking it about 2 inches into the soil.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Peep Dorothy’s peepers when Wicked: For Good premieres November 21.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
5 June 2025
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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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“Snoop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snoop. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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