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
Justin Chang, New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2025
Her most mild-mannered heroines snoop through curtains and hedges; at their most audacious, her spinsters whip out binoculars and sneak uninvited into other people’s homes.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
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
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Verb
Doors are forever being left ajar; every keyhole is an invitation to snoop.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2025
Her most mild-mannered heroines snoop through curtains and hedges; at their most audacious, her spinsters whip out binoculars and sneak uninvited into other people’s homes.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
Noun
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snoop
Verb
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Goncalves said that there were three bystanders who stepped in to interfere in the shooting.—
Antonia Noori Farzan,
The Providence Journal,
18 Feb. 2026
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Piedmont Police Chief Burton Becker — a high-ranking Ku Klux Klan member, according to the Piedmont Historical Society — refused to interfere.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Israel’s strikes on Iran in June were preceded by a sophisticated infiltration by Israel’s Mossad spy agency, a tactic that heightened the already paranoid state of the Iranian regime.—
Farida Elsebai,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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The suit, which sought damages and the installation of a federal monitor at the NYPD, also alleged that ousted former Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey installed spies in Donlon’s office and that Adams’ NYPD brass thwarted internal misconduct investigations.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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So no need to mess with rebates or regulatory requirements.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
19 Feb. 2026
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Other concerns presented by the group were about animals coming through and messing with the trash cans.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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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Social media users have also been poking fun at how popular the jackets are among the Asian diaspora.—
Stephy Chung,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Start by checking the soil’s moisture by poking a finger 2 inches into the top of the soil.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Walkin’ around and makin’ that sound to himself sometimes, and up at night for the crickets and peepers and such.—
David Searcy,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Thanks to some cutting-edge tech help, the actor's eyes (both of them) were even used for the mythological monster's giant peeper.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Snoop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snoop. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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