spywork

noun

Etymology

From spy + -work.

  1. derived from *speḱ-
  2. derived from *spehōną
  3. derived from *spehōn
  4. derived from espier
  5. inherited from spien
  6. suffixed as spywork — “spy + work

Definitions

  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.
    • 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.
    • Sorin had assigned Galatea and the Groupies to go Above based on what he had gleaned from the spywork he had convinced the real Master to initiate last night—spywork that troubled him more than it assuaged his concerns.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for spywork. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA