spy on

phrasal verb

spied on; spying on; spies on

: to watch (someone) secretly

He spies on his neighbors.

Have you been spying on me?

Examples of spy on in a Sentence

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The report revealed that hackers connected to a Chinese intelligence agency breached T-Mobile as part of a monthslong effort to spy on the cellphone communications of high-value intelligence targets. —

Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2024 Little about the house changed, but workers did apparently fix the roof, per spies on the Brooklyn Heights Blog. —

Bridget Read, Curbed, 15 Nov. 2024 As TechCrunch reports, the researchers, who presented their findings at this year's Def Con conference, were also able to switch on robots' microphones and cameras remotely during their research to spy on their owners. —

Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 12 Oct. 2024 His unique experience spying on his own funeral to hilarious effect was the sequence that got Netflix onboard, Johnson says. —

Will Tizard, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for spy on