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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Espionage

/ĕsʹ-pē-ə-näzh/ · Es·pi·o·nage · IPA /ˈɛs.pi.əˌnɑːʒ/
01 n. The practice or employment of spies; the practice of watching the words and conduct of others, to make discoveries, as spies or secret emis…
  1. 1.
    The practice or employment of spies; the practice of watching the words and conduct of others, to make discoveries, as spies or secret emissaries; secret watching.