Eavesread

Lurkers hang around silently in otherwise noisy chat rooms, eavesreading other people's conversations for vicarious fun.

Once, my mom flipped out when she eavesread an exchange between us over my shoulder.

Aaron yanked at his tie to keep it from strangling him, tried to “eavesread” the paperwork on Stephanie's desk to find any clues to Lizzie's whereabouts.