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eavesdrop
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Eavesdrop
(gcide) | Eavesdrop \Eaves"drop`\ ([=e]vz"dr[o^]p`), v. i. [Eaves + drop.]
To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the door, of a
house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence,
to listen secretly to what is said in private.
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To eavesdrop in disguises. --Milton.
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Eavesdrop
(gcide) | Eavesdrop \Eaves"drop`\, n.
The water which falls in drops from the eaves of a house.
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eavesdrop
(wn) | eavesdrop
v 1: listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man
was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations" [syn:
listen in, eavesdrop] |
eavesdrop
(devil) | EAVESDROP, v.i. Secretly to overhear a catalogue of the crimes and
vices of another or yourself.
A lady with one of her ears applied
To an open keyhole heard, inside,
Two female gossips in converse free --
The subject engaging them was she.
"I think," said one, "and my husband thinks
That she's a prying, inquisitive minx!"
As soon as no more of it she could hear
The lady, indignant, removed her ear.
"I will not stay," she said, with a pout,
"To hear my character lied about!"
Gopete Sherany
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eavesdrop
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eavesdropper
(encz) | eavesdropper,slídil lukeeavesdropper,ten kdo odposlouchává luke |
eavesdropping
(encz) | eavesdropping,naslouchání n: Zdeněk Brožeavesdropping,odposlech [slang.] lukeeavesdropping,odposlouchávání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Eavesdropper
(gcide) | Eavesdropper \Eaves"drop`per\, n.
One who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of
a house, to listen; hence, a secret listener.
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Eavesdropping
(gcide) | Eavesdropping \Eaves"drop`ping\, n. (Law)
The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places
where persons meet for private intercourse, secretly
listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The
offense is indictable at common law. --Wharton.
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eavesdrop
(wn) | eavesdrop
v 1: listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man
was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations" [syn:
listen in, eavesdrop] |
eavesdropper
(wn) | eavesdropper
n 1: a secret listener to private conversations |
eavesdrop
(devil) | EAVESDROP, v.i. Secretly to overhear a catalogue of the crimes and
vices of another or yourself.
A lady with one of her ears applied
To an open keyhole heard, inside,
Two female gossips in converse free --
The subject engaging them was she.
"I think," said one, "and my husband thinks
That she's a prying, inquisitive minx!"
As soon as no more of it she could hear
The lady, indignant, removed her ear.
"I will not stay," she said, with a pout,
"To hear my character lied about!"
Gopete Sherany
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EAVES-DROPPERS
(bouvier) | EAVES-DROPPERS, crim. law. Persons as wait under walls or windows or the
eaves of a house, to listen to discourses, and thereupon to frame
mischievous tales.
2. The common law punishment for this offence is fine, and finding
sureties for good behaviour. 4 Bl. Com. 167; Burn's Just. h.t.; Dane's Ab.
Index, h.t.; 1 Russ. Cr. 302.
3. In Tennessee, an indictment will not lie for eaves-dropping. 2 Tenn.
R. 108.
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