Spion

A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage)

• Mary is a female spy.

  Mary ist Spionin.

  Tatoeba · Hybrid · CC BY 2.0 FR

• You aren't a spy, are you?

  Du bist kein Spion, oder?

  Tatoeba · saeb · CC BY 2.0 FR

Spion

A defensive player assigned to cover an offensive backfield player man-to-man when they are expected to engage in a running play, but the offensive player does not run with the ball immediatelyselten

To act as a spy

• He was spying on me.

  Er hat mir nachspioniert.

  Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Are you spying on me?

  Spionierst du mir nach?

  Tatoeba · CM · CC BY 2.0 FR

To spot; to catch sight of; to espy

To search narrowly; to scrutinize

To explore; to see; to view; inspect and examine secretly, as a countryselten