📚 Espionage, noun. 🔉 /ˈɛspɪənɑːʒ/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition (mass noun): The practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information. ❗️ Examples: 1. The camouflage and secrecy of espionage. 2. Balzac pumped him for information on organised crime and political espionage. 3. He denied his detention had anything to do with politics or espionage. 4. The run for the presidency is no joke, rife with political chicanery, espionage and blackmail. 5. Even if espionage had taken place at Los Alamos, they argued, it had not mattered. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic