Eavesdrop and Read

Eavesdrop

Eavesdrop verb - Listen without the speaker's knowledge.
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Synonyms for Eavesdrop

Read and eavesdrop are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Read" instead a verb "Eavesdrop".

Nearby Words: eavesdropping, eavesdropper

Read

Read verb - To go over and mentally take in the content of.

Eavesdrop and read are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Eavesdrop" instead a verb "Read".

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  • Video Game / The Saboteur Bilingual Bonus: If you happen to speak and/or read German and/or French, read the roadsigns and try to eavesdrop on the Nazis' conversations.
  • One episode of Monk involved a murderer who could read lips, which is how he managed to "eavesdrop" on a trader in a building from afar.
    Source: Reading Lips
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