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snoop

snoop [ snoop ]


intransitive verb  (past and past participle snooped, present participle snoop·ing, 3rd person present singular snoops)
Definition:
 
pry: to pry into other people's business or affairs, especially surreptitiously



noun  (plural snoops)
Definition:
 
1. somebody who snoops: somebody who pries into other people's lives

2. secret investigation: a surreptitious investigation of somebody's private life or property

[Mid-19th century. < Dutch snoepen "eat on the sly"]

snoop·er noun
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