English-Danish translations for eavesdrop

• aflytte
  For det andet, der er meget uro om den, hvor USA og Det Forenede Kongerige sammen gør sig stærke for at aflytte hele verden. Secondly, much commotion has arisen over the échalon in which the United Kingdom and the United States are creating one strong line in order to eavesdrop on the whole world.
  De amerikanske tjenester har således indrømmet, at de aflytter europæiske virksomheder, der byder på udenlandske storordrer, angiveligt fordi disse arbejder med bestikkelse. The US agencies have admitted, for example, that they eavesdrop on European companies bidding for major foreign contracts, allegedly because these companies engage in bribery.
• lytte
• smuglytte

Definition of eavesdrop

• To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in
• To listen for another organism's calls, so as to exploit them
• The dripping of rain from the eaves of a house
• A concealed aperture through which an occupant of a building can surreptitiously listen to people talking at an entrance to the building

Examples

• I hope nobody was eavesdropping on our conversation last night, since it got so personal.

Related words

• eavesdropping
• eavesdropped
• eavesdropper
• radio eavesdropping