If you engage in espionage for a foreign power, you are selling your country down the river.
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Espionage
/ˈɛs.pi.əˌnɑːʒ/
Synonyms for "espionage" (39 found)
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Noun(2 words)
cloak and daggercovert intelligence collection
Strong matches (12)
followingintelligenceintelligence worklookinglookoutmilitary intelligencenotenoticeobservanceobservationreconnaissance
Noun(1 words)
intelligence gathering
Related words (19)
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6 entriescounterintelligence operationseconomic espionageespionage networkforeign intelligenceindustrial espionagestate espionage
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12 total sentences available.
The transfer of an astral body from one physical body to another became a tool for espionage.
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Tom wasn't put in jail for espionage.
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The suspect committed an act of industrial espionage.
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