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eavesdropping noun

  • (telecommunication) The interception of electronic communication.
 Abhören
  • Listening secretly to the private conversations of others.
 Abhören, Lauschen

eavesdrop verb

  /ˈivzˌdɹɑp/ , /ˈiːvzˌdɹɒp/
  • (ambitransitive) To hear (intentionally) a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
 lauschen, belauschen, abhören, horchen, zuhören

eavesdrop noun

  /ˈivzˌdɹɑp/ , /ˈiːvzˌdɹɒp/
  • The space around a house on which such water drips.
 Traufe, Trauflinie
  • (countable) A concealed aperture through which an occupant of a building can surreptitiously listen to people talking at an entrance to the building.
 lauschen
learn something from somebody by eavesdropping
abhorchen
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