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as in interference
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as in wiretapping
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Recent Examples of eavesdropping
Shooting down an eavesdropping drone might not qualify.
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Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
The government’s most sensitive information is typically discussed in a facility known as a sensitive compartmented information facility, or SCIF, which is designed to allow officials to review or discuss secrets without fear of eavesdropping or cyber intrusion.
—David Klepper, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
Officials with the appropriate security clearances enter a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), like the White House Situation Room, which is designed to block out eavesdropping and surveillance attempts.
—Sam Sabin, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025
This bucket includes things like GPS navigation satellites, NRO surveillance and eavesdropping platforms, and strategic communications satellites built to survive a nuclear war.
—ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2025
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Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
The government’s most sensitive information is typically discussed in a facility known as a sensitive compartmented information facility, or SCIF, which is designed to allow officials to review or discuss secrets without fear of eavesdropping or cyber intrusion.
—David Klepper, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
Officials with the appropriate security clearances enter a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), like the White House Situation Room, which is designed to block out eavesdropping and surveillance attempts.
—Sam Sabin, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025
This bucket includes things like GPS navigation satellites, NRO surveillance and eavesdropping platforms, and strategic communications satellites built to survive a nuclear war.
—ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eavesdropping
Noun
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No beneficiaries were injured, no lives were lost and all food available was distributed without interference.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
28 May 2025
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell, though, has said the Fed won’t be swayed by political interference.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
28 May 2025
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Last year, the department paid out nearly $1 million to settle with a man who said that, over the course of a 17-hour interrogation, officers coerced him into confessing to a murder that never took place.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2025
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The comments on Kobayashi’s posts are still publicly accessible, though some social media users have turned them into something more closely resembling an interrogation room.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2025
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Russia’s defense ministry on Saturday claimed its forces overnight struck various military targets across Ukraine, including missile and drone-producing plants, a reconnaissance center and a launching site for anti-aircraft missiles.—
ILLIA NOVIKOV,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2025
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Providing reconnaissance for the project was Rhea Wallace.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 May 2025
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The guy drips with emotion and cannot breeze past or ignore a line of questioning.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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The Bad Boy Records founder's lawyers argued that the line of questioning could potentially imply the idea that Combs could buy his way out of trouble.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
28 May 2025
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That letter decried the role of the ECtHR in adjudicating matters related to deportation and surveillance of migrants, among other matters.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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Photo-illustration: Anjali Nair; Getty Images With President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the US government’s digital surveillance machine more powerful than ever, digital privacy should be top of mind.—
Matt Burgess,
Wired News,
26 May 2025
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“Eavesdropping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eavesdropping. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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