| NOUN | person | eavesdropper | a secret listener to private / private conversations |
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| Meaning | A secret listener to private / private conversations. | |
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| Narrower | tapper, wiretapper, phone tapper | someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire |
| Broader | hearer, listener, auditor, attender | someone who listens attentively |
| snoop, snooper | A spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private / private affairs of others | |
| Spanish | escuchón, espía, fisgón, husmeador | |
| Catalan | tafaner, xafarder | |
| Verbs | eavesdrop | listen without the speaker's knowledge |
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