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spywork

spywork noun: the activities and duties relating to spies and spying.

Noun

spywork (uncountable)

  1. The activities and duties relating to spies and spying.
    • Lobkowitz heard of it in spite of the shut gates; for all Prag is against Belleisle, and does spywork for Lobkowitz.1858, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, page 352
    • Just knowing that he has heard cryptobabble is enough to bring teams of assassins to Switzerland to silence the November Man, who had sworn off spywork to please Rita Macklin, his live-in lover.1986, Kirkus Reviews, page 1467

Origin of spywork

From spy + -work.

Questions about spywork

What does spywork mean?
Spywork means the activities and duties relating to spies and spying.
What part of speech is spywork?
Spywork is a noun.

Words near spywork in the dictionary

  1. spysat
  2. spysats
  3. spyship
  4. spyships
  5. spyware
  6. spywork
  7. spätzle
  8. spätzles
  9. spätzli
  10. Spånga
  11. Spézet

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