Eavesdropping

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eavesdropping \Eaves"drop`ping\, n. (Law)
     The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places
     where persons meet for private intercourse, secretly
     listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The
     offense is indictable at common law. --Wharton.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  eavesdrop
       v : listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man was
           eavesdropping on his wife's conversations" [syn: {listen
           in}]
       [also: {eavesdropping}, {eavesdropped}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  eavesdropping
       See {eavesdrop}