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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Cops also busted the security guard’s supervisor — a law enforcement officer employed by the city’s hospital system — for interfering in the guard’s arrest, sources said.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Lemon is charged with conspiracy to deprive the church congregants of their rights and interfering by force with someone’s 1st Amendment rights.—
Senior Television,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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The effect demands a more active degree of introspection than the average documentary, and Marczak’s unwavering commitment to that endurance test approach has a powerful way of messing with viewer expectations.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2026
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In reality, your body is constantly regulating them on its own, and messing with that process can be problematic.—
Rachel Reiff Ellis,
SELF,
23 Jan. 2026
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Their second goal came on a play that McLellan still felt postgame should have been overturned for goalie interference, with Dylan Strome seemingly poking a puck out from under Gibson’s glove and scoring on a wraparound.—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Spillman seemingly didn’t mind poking fun at her age, hitting the comedic beat again in the November episode that featured the finalists.—
Sandra Gonzalez,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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