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
Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
When Sonny eventually passes out, Chee starts doing some snooping around.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 2026
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
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Verb
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
When Sonny eventually passes out, Chee starts doing some snooping around.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 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
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Verb
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Around this time of year, the last properly dark nights are still hanging on before summer twilight starts to interfere.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
6 June 2026
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The game was not yet codified, and teachers let students organize games without interfering in their play.—
Thomas Adam,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
Noun
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In 1977, two women living in the United States Embassy in Moscow become unlikely spies.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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The Senate tried to approve its own versions later Thursday but also failed, dimming the chances to prevent what could be rare lapse of spy powers.—
Mary Clare Jalonick,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
Verb
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Hormone changes can mess with your oral health.—
Erica Sweeney,
Washington Post,
12 June 2026
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Marilyn, Nixon, the Kennedys, Bay of Pigs—we’ve seen Ellroy messing with this material long before the Quintet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 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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As the miles dragged on, a chase vehicle crept by periodically with cameras poking out the window to capture scenes that could later be shared on social media, where Emanuel now has an almost daily presence.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 June 2026
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New historical research suggests that one of the most legendary cities in history did not start out as a conquering warrior state — poking a hole in its founding myth.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
Noun
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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
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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
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“Snoop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snoop. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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