eavesdrop

Definition von eavesdrop im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: The dripping of rain from the eaves of a house; A concealed aperture through which an occupant of a building can surreptitiously listen to people talking at an entrance to the building; The space around a house on which such water drips; To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in
I hope nobody was eavesdropping on our conversation last night, since it got so personal.; {v} to listen, hearken, lurk, catch; To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the door, of a house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence, to listen secretly to what is said in private; listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations"; The water which falls in drops from the eaves of a house; {f} listen in on another person's private conversation, snoop, spy; If you eavesdrop on someone, you listen secretly to what they are saying. The government illegally eavesdropped on his telephone conversations The housemaid eavesdropped from behind the kitchen door. = listen in + eavesdropping eaves·drop·ping foreign electronic eavesdropping on army communications. + eavesdropper eavesdroppers eaves·drop·per Modern technology enables eavesdroppers to pick up conversations through windows or walls. to deliberately listen secretly to other people's conversations overhear (eavesdropper ); eavesdrip
eavesdropping: The interception of electronic communication
eavesdropping: Listening secretly to private conversation of others
eavesdropping: Present participle of eavesdrop
eavesdropper: {n} one who listens under windows
eavesdropped: past of eavesdrop
eavesdropper: {i} one who listens in on another person's private conversation
eavesdropper: a secret listener to private conversations
eavesdropper: one who eavesdrops
eavesdropper: One who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of a house, to listen; hence, a secret listener
eavesdroppers: plural of eavesdropper
eavesdropping: Observing information that was intended to be confidential The threat to the property of privacy
eavesdropping: listening secretly to the private conversations of others
eavesdropping: Surreptitious interception of information sent over a network by an entity for which the information is not intended
eavesdropping: Lynn
eavesdropping: Listening secretly to others' communications (either voice or digital)
eavesdropping: The offense is indictable at common law
eavesdropping: the action of the verb to eavesdrop
eavesdropping: The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places where persons meet for private intercourse, secretly listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad
eavesdropping: Information remains intact, but its privacy is compromised For example, intercepting credit card numbers or classified information Top
eavesdropping: The unauthorised interception of information-bearing emanations through the use of methods other than wiretapping
eavesdropping: the interception of electronic communications
eavesdrops: plural of eavesdrop
eavesdrops: third-person singular of eavesdrop