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  2. a person who listens to someone without them knowing, using an electronic listening device: The eavesdroppers, armed with radio scanning equipment, can pick up talk from inside homes. When intercepted conversations are clearly innocent, police eavesdroppers are supposed to switch off after a few minutes.

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  3. Oct 25, 2020 · noun. a person who listens secretly to the private conversations of others. The word eavesdropper is derived from eavesdrop, shown below. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. eavesdrop in British English. (ˈiːvzˌdrɒp ) verb Word forms: -drops, -dropping, -dropped. (intransitive)

  4. to listen to someone without them knowing using an electronic listening device, for example attached to a telephone line: The intelligence agency was instructed to eavesdrop and collect information to be analysed by other agencies. Police need a warrant if they want to eavesdrop on telephone conversations.

  5. : to listen secretly to what is said in private. eavesdropper noun. Synonyms. listen in (on) overhear. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of eavesdrop in a Sentence. a nosy traveler who likes to eavesdrop on his fellow airline passengers.

  6. a person who listens to someone without them knowing, using an electronic listening device: The eavesdroppers, armed with radio scanning equipment, can pick up talk from inside homes. When intercepted conversations are clearly innocent, police eavesdroppers are supposed to switch off after a few minutes.

  7. noun. 1. Rare. water that drips from the eaves, or the ground on which it drips. verb intransitive Word forms: ˈeavesˌdropped or ˈeavesˌdropping. 2. to listen secretly to the private conversation of others.

  8. 1. To listen secretly to the private conversation of others. 2. To gain access to private electronic communications, as through wiretapping or the interception of email or cell phone calls.

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