eavesdrop

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eaves‧drop /ˈiːvzdrɒp $ -drɑːp/ BrE AmE verb (past tense and past participle eavesdropped, present participle eavesdropping) [intransitive]
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: eavesdropper 'someone who stands close to a wall, where rainwater drops from the eaves, in order to listen secretly']
to deliberately listen secretly to other people’s conversations ⇨ overhear:
There was Helena eavesdropping outside the door.
—eavesdropper noun [countable]
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THESAURUS
▪ listen to pay attention to what someone is saying or to a sound that you hear: I didn’t hear the answer, because I wasn’t listening when she read it out. | He listened carefully to every word I said.
▪ pay attention to listen carefully to what someone is saying: I nodded to show I was paying attention. | She was tired and wasn’t paying attention to what he was saying.
▪ eavesdrop to secretly listen to someone else’s conversation by standing near them, hiding behind a door etc: I caught him eavesdropping on our conversation. | They spoke in quiet voices which made it hard to eavesdrop.
▪ overhear to hear someone say something, especially accidentally: I overheard him say something about wanting to move house. | Excuse me! I couldn’t help overhearing that you were planning a trip to Thailand.
▪ tune in (to something) to listen to a radio programme, or to someone using a radio ↑transmitter: Over a million people tune in to the programme each week. | Tune in at the same time next week for the next episode. | The equipment could be used by criminals to tune in to police broadcasts.
▪ tap to connect a piece of electronic recording equipment to a telephone system so that you can listen to people’s telephone conversations: The police had tapped the phones of all three suspects. | The President had to resign over an illegal phone-tapping operation.
▪ bug to hide a small piece of electronic recording equipment in someone’s room, car, office etc in order to listen secretly to what is said there: Security agents bugged their offices and managed to get some evidence against them. | Wells was convinced the house was bugged and insisted on playing loud music while we talked.

eavesdrophu

◎	['i:vzdrɔp]
※	ngoại động từ
	■	nghe lén một cuộc nói chuyện kín; nghe trộm
		☆	to eavesdrop on somebody/something
			nghe trộm ai/điều gì