snooping

3 definitions • 4 examples

present participle of

to look around a place secretly, in order to discover things or find out information about someone or something:

People were sent out to snoop on rival businesses.

She's the sort of person you can imagine snooping about your room when you're not there.

to try to find out about other people's private lives:

I don't mean to snoop, but is there something wrong?

Clara's husband is snooping on her because he thinks she is seeing another man.