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1
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country
- Russia recalled its spooks after the collapse of the Soviet Union
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2
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
- Halloween is the night when spooks and goblins are said to roam abroad
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to strike with fear
- the sudden noise spooked her out of her skin
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