snooper

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snoop

(sno͞op)

intr.v. snooped, snoop·ing, snoops

To pry into the private affairs of others, especially by prowling about.

One who snoops.

[Dutch snoepen, to eat on the sly.]

snoop′er n.

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snooper

(ˈsnuːpə)

1. a person who snoops

2. (Social Welfare) informal Brit a person employed by the government to spy on claimants to make sure that they are not infringing the conditions of their eligibility for benefit

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Noun

snooper - a spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others

snoop

eavesdropper - a secret listener to private conversations

spy - a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people; "my spies tell me that you had a good time last night"

snooper

noun nosy parker, snoop (informal), busybody, meddler, pry, stickybeak (Austral. informal), Paul Pry (informal) We're naturally a nation of snoopers.

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snooper

noun

A person who snoops:

prier, pry, snoop.

Translations

ficcanaso spione

snooper

[ˈsnuːpəʳ] N → fisgón/ona m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

snooper

n → Schnüffler(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

snooper

[ˈsnuːpəʳ] n → ficcanaso m/f

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