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eavesdropper

[ UK /ˈiːvzdɹɒpɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a secret listener to private conversations

How To Use eavesdropper In A Sentence

  • Modern technology enables eavesdroppers to pick up conversations through windows or walls.
  • Since the eavesdropper doesn't know the starting point, he can't decrypt the message.
  • These words did indeed whet his curiosity to the utmost; but the shame of acting the part of an "eavesdropper" was so great that, by a strong effort of will, he drew back, and pondered for a moment what he ought to do. Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader A Tale of the Pacific
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  • Government eavesdroppers at Yorkshire's own GCHQ listening station were baffled when they began picking up high-pitched squeaks from the base's forest of aerial masts.
  • To talk to a foreigner is no longer a sign of political unreliability, and conversations do not have to be carried out in a hole-and-corner fashion, behind walls, with one nervous eye open for spies and eavesdroppers.
  • Network programs that involve remote file transfer are especially susceptible to eavesdroppers gaining access to the contents of files.
  • And while refusing to confirm or deny that it's going on, the White House insists only evildoers need fear government eavesdroppers.
  • Other times, the professional eavesdropper subconsciously shields himself with wire fences, translucent plastic sheeting, and window drapery to deflect prying questions.
  • Modern technology enables eavesdroppers to pick up conversations through windows or walls.
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