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[Probably back-formation from eavesdropper, one who eavesdrops, from Middle English evesdropper, from evesdrop, place where water falls from the eaves, from Old English yfesdrype.]
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Definition: listen without permission
Antonyms: ignore
| Law Dictionary: Eavesdropping |
The monitoring of communications by a third party without the knowledge of the communicating parties. See invasion of privacy, wiretapping.
| Devil's Dictionary: eavesdrop |
v.i.
Secretly to overhear a catalogue of the crimes and vices of another or yourself.
A lady with one of her ears applied
To an open keyhole heard, inside,
Two female gossips in converse free --
The subject engaging them was she.
"I think," said one, "and my husband thinks
That she's a prying, inquisitive minx!"
As soon as no more of it she could hear
The lady, indignant, removed her ear.
"I will not stay," she said, with a pout,
"To hear my character lied about!"
Gopete Sherany
| Wikipedia: Eavesdropping |
Eavesdropping is the act of secretly listening to the private conversation of others without their consent, as defined by Black's Law Dictionary.[1] This is commonly thought to be unethical and there is an old adage that eavesdroppers seldom hear anything good of themselves.[2]
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Hampton Court Palace outside London was the palace of King Henry VIII of England. In the eaves of its Great Hall, small faces are carved into the oak beams which lean at an angle of 45 degrees to the ground. These are known as 'Eaves Droppers'. Henry was known to be a strong ruler and often put spies in crowds of people to listen in to conversations. He wanted his staff (who slept in the Great Hall between banquets and would lie on straw looking up at the eaves) to know that he or his people would be listening at all times.
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| Translations: Eavesdrop |
Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - lytte, lure
Nederlands (Dutch)
afluisteren
Français (French)
v. intr. - écouter aux portes
Deutsch (German)
v. - lauschen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κρυφακούω, στήνω αυτί
Italiano (Italian)
ascoltare di nascosto, origliare
Português (Portuguese)
v. - bisbilhotar
Русский (Russian)
подслушивать
Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - escuchar indiscretamente
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - tjuvlyssna
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
窃听
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 竊聽
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 立ち聞きする, 盗み聞きする
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يسترق السمع
עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - צותת, האזין בגניבה
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