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
Footage of a woman snooping in on her dogs in the dead of the night has left the internet in stitches.
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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
But Barclay said the intention here isn’t to go snooping.
—Adam Stone, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Why not replace snooping with sleuthing?
—Gina Park, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
To complicate matters, a suspicious landlady, Lorelai Brown (actress Pamela Britton) is always snooping around.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Don't let that be an excuse to start snooping and reading your neighbor's mail.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
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
But Barclay said the intention here isn’t to go snooping.
—Adam Stone, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Why not replace snooping with sleuthing?
—Gina Park, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
To complicate matters, a suspicious landlady, Lorelai Brown (actress Pamela Britton) is always snooping around.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Don't let that be an excuse to start snooping and reading your neighbor's mail.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snooping
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The Kremlin has repeatedly denied interfering in foreign elections.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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Particle has also accused Epic of defaming the company and interfering in its business relations.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The last two seasons have proven that the team starts off slow, which ends up messing their chances of making the playoffs.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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The first meetup drew dozens of participants poking at pudding cups together.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
3 Oct. 2025
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The underground pop of the 2010s used to get so excited about being online, using shrinky-dink artifice to delight in poking fun at a culture that could feel shallow and strange but also organic and endlessly renewable.—
Anna Gaca,
Pitchfork,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Snooping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snooping. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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