Definitions for espionage

espionage es·pi·o·nage

Spelling: [es-pee-uh-nahzh, -nij, es-pee-uh-nahzh]
IPA: /ˈɛs pi əˌnɑʒ, -nɪdʒ, ˌɛs pi əˈnɑʒ/

Espionage is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 443 anagrams from letters in espionage (aeeginops).

Definitions for espionage

noun

  1. the act or practice of spying.
  2. the use of spies by a government to discover the military and political secrets of other nations.
  3. the use of spies by a corporation or the like to acquire the plans, technical knowledge, etc., of a competitor:

Origin of espionage

1785-95; French espionnage, Middle French espionage, equivalent to espionn(er) to spy (derivative of espion spy Italian spione Germanic; akin to German spähen to look out) + -age Examples for espionage

That is why I visited my relatives in Iran in 2011, when I was unjustly arrested and charged with espionage.

Whatever skills it takes to succeed in espionage or racketeering, I patently lack.

I will not, as now, be watched and suspected, and be under a state of espionage!

The crime-fighting penguins, says the trailer, are “masters of the skies, espionage, and aerial assault.”

This official declined to discuss the details of the current espionage case that is roiling the German government today.

Plato does not seem to be aware that espionage can only have a negative effect.

It is "a system of espionage" that prevails under every form of government.

I am neither ashamed of the 'espionage,' nor should I be averse to the marriage.

In 2011, he was arrested while visiting his grandmother in Iran, charged with espionage, and sentenced to death.

The world was at peace, and there was no incentive to espionage as there had been in pre-war days.

Word Value for espionage
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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