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Definition of eavesdrop verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

eavesdrop

verb

NAmE//ˈivzdrɑp//

[intransitive] eavesdrop (on somebody/something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they eavesdrop

he / she / it eavesdrops

past simple eavesdropped

-ing form eavesdropping

to listen secretly to what other people are saying We caught him eavesdropping outside the window.

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