Eavesdropping

Synonyms for "eavesdropping" (11 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Strong matches (3)

Related words (5)

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Translations

46 translations across 18 languages.

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Arabic

3 entries
  • اِسْتِرَاق سَمْع noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)
  • تَنَصُّت noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)
  • تَنَصُّت noun (interception of electronic communication)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 竊聽 /窃听 noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)
  • 竊聽 /窃听 noun (interception of electronic communication)

Finnish

2 entries
  • salakuuntelu noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)
  • salakuuntelu noun (interception of electronic communication)

French

1 entries
  • écoute clandestine noun (interception of electronic communication)

German

3 entries
  • Abhören noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)
  • Abhören noun (interception of electronic communication)
  • Lauschen noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)

Greek

3 entries
  • κρυφάκουσμα noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)
  • λαθρακρόαση noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)
  • ωτακουστία noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • hallgatózás noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)

Italian

4 entries
  • ascolto di nascosto noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)
  • intercettazione comuncazioni noun (interception of electronic communication)
  • intercettazione telefonica noun (interception of electronic communication)
  • l'origliare noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 盗聴 noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)
  • 盗聴 noun (interception of electronic communication)

Korean

2 entries
  • 도청 noun (interception of electronic communication)
  • 엿듣다 noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)

Persian

2 entries
  • استراق سمع noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)
  • استراق سمع noun (interception of electronic communication)

Polish

4 entries
  • podsłuch noun (interception of electronic communication)
  • podsłuchanie noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)
  • podsłuchiwanie noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)
  • podsłuchiwanie noun (interception of electronic communication)

Romanian

2 entries
  • interceptare noun (interception of electronic communication)
  • trage cu urechea noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)

Russian

4 entries
  • перехва́т noun (interception of electronic communication)
  • подслу́шивание noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)
  • подслу́шивание noun (interception of electronic communication)
  • прослу́шка noun (interception of electronic communication)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • farchluais noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • prisluškivanje noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)
  • prisluškivanje noun (interception of electronic communication)
  • прислушкивање noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)
  • прислушкивање noun (interception of electronic communication)

Swedish

2 entries
  • avlyssning noun (interception of electronic communication)
  • tjuvlyssning noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • прослухо́вування noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)
  • підслу́хування noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)
  • підслухо́вування noun (listening secretly to the private conversations of others)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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The enemy is eavesdropping!

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Tom's eavesdropping.

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Tom is eavesdropping.

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You were eavesdropping.

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