Definitions
watch, observe, or inquire secretly
Word origin
From Dutch snoepen (“to pry, eat in secret, sneak”). Related to Dutch and Low German snappen (“to bite, seize”), Dutch snavel (“beak, bill, pecker, neb”), German Schnabel (“beak, bill, mouth”). More at snap.
Used in a sentence
“If I had not snooped on her, I wouldn't have found out that she lied about her degree.”
“'What on earth do Coker and his parcel of tuck matter to us? You're not thinking of snooping his tuck, I suppose, like Bunter.'”
“Be careful what you say around Gene because he's the bosses' snoop.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Pry secretly”5 letters
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