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snoop

[snoop] Informal.
–verb (used without object)
1. to prowl or pry; go about in a sneaking, prying way.
–noun
2. an act or instance of snooping.
3. a person who snoops.
4. a private detective.

Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; < D snoepen to take and eat food on the sly


snooper, noun
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snoop   (snōōp)   
intr.v.   snooped, snoop·ing, snoops
To pry into the private affairs of others, especially by prowling about.
n.  One who snoops.

[Dutch snoepen, to eat on the sly.]
snoop'er n.
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