snooped; snooping; snoops
: to look or pry especially in a sneaking or meddlesome manner
snooper
noun
Examples of snoop in a Sentence
Verb
She locks up her diary to keep her brother from snooping.
Government agencies have been snooping on them for years.
She doesn't want reporters snooping into her personal life.
Noun
No, I didn't read your e-mail. I'm no snoop.
We had a snoop around their apartment.
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
Starlink should not be able to snoop on the details of White House staffers’ usage, thanks to nearly-universal encryption of web site and app traffic.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 18 Mar. 2025
Erin Qualey, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Under the pretense of getting a suit Hector can wear in court, Cherry snoops around their bedroom.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Further stirring the pot is the appearance of an FBI agent (Jenna Elfman) who starts snooping around into missives about Vines’ death.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
Starlink should not be able to snoop on the details of White House staffers’ usage, thanks to nearly-universal encryption of web site and app traffic.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
Walter hacks into the internet and Lottie’s phone while Shauna mopes around, and Misty snoops in Lottie’s pockets and drawers for evidence.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Under the pretense of getting a suit Hector can wear in court, Cherry snoops around their bedroom.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Snoop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snoop. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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snoop
1 of 2 verb
: to look or search especially in a sneaking or meddlesome manner
snooper
noun
snoop
2 of 2 noun
: one that snoops
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