as in interfering
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 snooping
Thornton, a vice president of strategic communications who has worked downtown for 17 years, including a decade with AIMCLEAR, was no stranger to snooping on behalf of his colleagues and his employer.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 5 Dec. 2025
But snooping signals a lack of trust.
—Dr. Cortney Warren, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
There also are characters straight from the David Lynch school of the bizarre, including the menacing figure who warns Ron to stop snooping around and the bearer of a disturbing story about a manufacturing job that requires being nude.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 10 Oct. 2025
As Mercury and Pluto clash, snooping in someone’s business lands you in hot water.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
Footage of a woman snooping in on her dogs in the dead of the night has left the internet in stitches.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
As the cruel fates of the criminal underworld would have it, Jake gets a text from Mel alerting him to the very New York Magazine journalist in discussion snooping around the Black Rabbit kitchen.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Potential trouble arises when the wily victim of Danny’s, Pauline, starts snooping around the house, hears Danny’s voice and starts to bargain for her silence.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
In the film, Shy is played by Jay Lycurgo, an alternately sensitive and intimidating young actor in his breakout role, and the bag doesn’t appear until midway through, when the film crew go snooping without permission in the students’ room.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 5 Dec. 2025
But snooping signals a lack of trust.
—Dr. Cortney Warren, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
There also are characters straight from the David Lynch school of the bizarre, including the menacing figure who warns Ron to stop snooping around and the bearer of a disturbing story about a manufacturing job that requires being nude.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 10 Oct. 2025
As Mercury and Pluto clash, snooping in someone’s business lands you in hot water.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
Footage of a woman snooping in on her dogs in the dead of the night has left the internet in stitches.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
As the cruel fates of the criminal underworld would have it, Jake gets a text from Mel alerting him to the very New York Magazine journalist in discussion snooping around the Black Rabbit kitchen.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Potential trouble arises when the wily victim of Danny’s, Pauline, starts snooping around the house, hears Danny’s voice and starts to bargain for her silence.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
In the film, Shy is played by Jay Lycurgo, an alternately sensitive and intimidating young actor in his breakout role, and the bag doesn’t appear until midway through, when the film crew go snooping without permission in the students’ room.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snooping
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The law enforcement steps have alarmed election officials and Democrats who fear that the administration is building an argument for interfering in this year’s midterm elections.—
Isaac Arnsdorf,
Washington Post,
9 Mar. 2026
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The nine defendants face charges of conspiring against the rights of religious freedom at a place of worship and injuring, interfering and intimidating with exercising the rights of religious freedom of worship, according to a 14-page grand jury indictment obtained by USA TODAY.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The problem is that messing with the time also messes with our circadian rhythms—which disrupts virtually every system in the body.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
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Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, fleets of vessels directed by the Kremlin have reportedly started messing with offshore wind and communications infrastructure in northern Europe.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Weeks later, the congresswoman could still the fractured bones in his forearm poking up under the skin.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The prosecutor said Tran tried to take his own life by slitting a wrist, cutting his neck and poking a blade into his stomach.—
Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
5 Mar. 2026
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