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eavesdrop

verb hearken, intercept, listen, listen stealthily, overhear, tap the lines, wiretap
Associated concepts: eavesdropping device, search warrant, suppression hearing, wiretapping

See also: monitor, overhear, spy

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This new discovery shows that male wolf spiders also eavesdrop on the visual signals of courting males," he stated.

Male spiders eavesdrop courting rivals to steal their girls

The NSA, which eavesdrops on billions of communications worldwide, is barred from domestic spying without a warrant, as required in the Fourth Amendment of the Bill of Rights.

Expanding surveillance authority: the surveillance power demanded by President Bush would not necessarily provide any better protection from terrorism, but it would certainly expand executive branch power

If a spy wanted to eavesdrop, it might be easier to just install a bug in the room.

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The 29-year-old R 'n' B singer used to derive a lot of pleasure from visiting her mother's salon as she used to get an opportunity to eavesdrop on women discussing their problems.

Beyonce loves to eavesdrop on other people's conversations

The State National Security Committee does not eavesdrop phone conversations of parliamentarians and other individuals without a court sanction, Vice Chairman of the State National Security Committee Marat Imankulov said at the plenary session of the Parliament today.

Kyrgyz parliamentarian suggests law on Lawfully Authorized Electronic Surveillance

Because the husband and his paramour have an expectation of privacy regarding their e-mails, the wife would eavesdrop under the Illinois Act.

Spying spouses and their high-tech tools: divorcing spouses who try to gain the upper hand in family law litigation by catching the other party in the act may violate federal and state eavesdropping and privacy statutes. Here's a look at these laws and how they might apply in various true-to-life scenarios

POLICE may eavesdrop on conversations in the street to pick up "aggressive" exchanges before they erupt in violence.

Police to snoop on chatting

In the most elaborate attempt so far to eavesdrop on Brazil's pink river dolphins, researchers have detected what may be a counterpart to seafaring dolphins' whistles.

River dolphins can whistle, too, sort of

22 (ANI): US troops stationed in Afghanistan will soon use spy planes, that will provide them crucial information about Al Qaeda and the Taliban, with the help of its technology that can capture still images, video and even eavesdrop.

US troops to use 'eavesdropping spy planes' in Afghanistan

The area between the wall and the rain was known as the eavesdrop, and people sheltering there could often hear the conversations inside.

Dear Mirror: Question Time

Milan Banov in Nova Makedonija comments that whether we recognize it or not, we all eavesdrop sometimes, we have turned into a big collective ear which cares about other people's lives, about their evil and malice, about conspiracy, agreement and crime.