Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - espionage
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Espionage
espionage
noun Etymology: French espionnage, from Middle French, from espionner to spy, from espion spy, from Old Italian spione, from spia, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German spehon to spy — more at spy Date: 1793 the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company industrial ~
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n. the practice of spying or of using spies, esp. by governments. Etymology: F espionnage f. espionner f. espion SPY ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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Espionage is the activity of finding out the political, military, or industrial secrets of your enemies or rivals by using spies. (FORMAL) The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage. ...industrial espionage. = spying N-UNCOUNT see also counter-espionage ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n the activity of secretly finding out a country's or company's secrets (Some of the embassy staff were certainly involved in espionage.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1793, from Fr. espionnage, from M.Fr. espionner "to spy," from O.Fr. espion "spy," probably from a Gmc. source akin to O.H.G. spehon "spy." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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