as in to interfere
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern
a private investigator snooping around the abandoned warehouse
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as in spy
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Recent Examples of snoop
Dr. Cortney Warren, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
Olympia is still looking for Senior’s mystery woman and decides to snoop through his Rolodex — old school!
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 12 Oct. 2025
Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
And a feature called Track Cleaner wipes away tracks and traces of your computer and internet use, to foil snoops.
—PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
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Verb
But snooping signals a lack of trust.
—Noun
Under the pretense of getting a suit Hector can wear in court, Cherry snoops around their bedroom.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for snoop
Verb
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Campos and her colleagues stress that their role is strictly observational — never to interfere.—
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In May 2025, an individual was arrested at the Phelps Street home on drug possession, criminal trespass and interfering charges, according to the warrant affidavit.—
Noun
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On Monday, Iranian state media said a man was arrested in Tehran on suspicion of collaborating with the Israeli spy agency Mossad.—
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The story of Quichotte’s quest is being written, in alternating chapters, by Sam DuChamp, a mid-list spy novelist making his first foray into literary fiction.—
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Welcome to Hells Kitchen son @oscarjramsay don't mess it up please !—
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The safest bet is that the Dolphins will find a way to mess it up.—
Noun
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The Department’s mistake is to worry about Sarah instead of Zoë, the professional snooper.—
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It is turned off by default—anything that can store this kind of history is something that a snooper or domestic abuser could access.—
Verb
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The actress hasn't spoken publicly about her dating life, aside from a few TikTok videos poking fun at her singleness.—
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Continue reading … POLITICS POLITICAL THEATER – Vance reposts meme poking fun at Democrats' Jan 6 candlelight vigil.—
Noun
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Walkin’ around and makin’ that sound to himself sometimes, and up at night for the crickets and peepers and such.—
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Thanks to some cutting-edge tech help, the actor's eyes (both of them) were even used for the mythological monster's giant peeper.—
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“Snoop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snoop. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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