Definition of espionage

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es·pi·o·nage    (sp--näzh, -nj) KEY  

NOUN:

The act or practice of spying or of using spies to obtain secret information, as about another government or a business competitor.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French espionnage, from espionner, to spy, from Old French espion, spy, from Old Italian spione, of Germanic origin; see spek- in Indo-European roots

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