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Definition of Eavesdropped
1. eavesdrop [v] - See also: eavesdrop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eavesdropped
Literary usage of Eavesdropped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1910)
"When he has eavesdropped, a proceeding fully justified by the statecraft of the
time, his desire to get rid of Hamlet, somehow, is natural, and it does not ..."
2. Viagens ethnographicas sul americanas: Argentina by Charmian London, Online Archive of California, Simoens da Silva (1921)
"That night, worried, for once I eavesdropped, and heard him with his own soul: "To
think of it! To think of it!" he wrestled with despair. ..."
3. The Bookman (1899)
"... would never waste the hours due to sleep upon treason to the man who deserved
better of them." "You should have eavesdropped ..."