as in spying
the secret gathering of information on others
the acts of espionage on behalf of the Confederacy carried on by Belle Boyd and Rose Greenhow
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One of them—tracked under the name Linen Typhoon—performs espionage attacks for scooping up intellectual property.
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Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2025
That level of penetration enabled not just espionage, but the potential for real-world disruption of military readiness.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
The organization accuses Bukele's government of legal and administrative harassment, espionage, monitoring of their activities as well as defamation campaigns.
—Andrea Salcedo, NPR, 17 July 2025
In 2021, Xu was convicted by a jury in federal court of conspiring to commit economic espionage and stealing trade secrets.
—Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2025
That level of penetration enabled not just espionage, but the potential for real-world disruption of military readiness.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
The organization accuses Bukele's government of legal and administrative harassment, espionage, monitoring of their activities as well as defamation campaigns.
—Andrea Salcedo, NPR, 17 July 2025
In 2021, Xu was convicted by a jury in federal court of conspiring to commit economic espionage and stealing trade secrets.
—Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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“Espionage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/espionage. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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