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snoop

  [snoop] Informal.
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–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

Related forms:
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
snoop

  1. in.
    to prowl around looking for something. : What are you snooping around here for?
  2. n.
    someone who prowls around looking for something. : Fred is just a snoop. He went through my desk!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

snoop 
1832, "to go around in a prying manner," Amer.Eng., "to appropriate," probably from Du. snoepen "to pry," also "eat in secret, eat sweets, sneak," probably related to snappen "to bite, snatch" (see snap). Specific meaning "to pry into other people's business" is attested from 1921. The noun meaning "detective" is recorded from 1891. Snoopy (adj.) first recorded 1895.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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