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espionage

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espionage
I noun espial, intelligence, obtaining national defense secrets, obtaining of classified information, practice of spying on others, search made for useful military information, secret observation, secret watching, spying, subversive activity, surveillance, systematic secret observation of the words and conduct of others, undercover work associated concepts: espionage act, treason II index observation

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


espionage
The act of spying on or monitoring the activities of a government or company in order to gather secret information.
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Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


espionage
The act of securing information of a military or political nature that a competing nation holds secret. It can involve the analysis of diplomatic reports, publications, statistics, and broadcasts, as well as spying, a clandestine activity carried out by an individual or individuals working under secret identity to gather classified information on behalf of another entity or nation. In the United States, the organization that heads most activities dedicated to espionage is the CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA).

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


espionage
The act of securing information of a military or political nature that a competing nation holds secret. It can involve the analysis of diplomatic reports, publications, statistics, and broadcasts, as well as spying, a clandestine activity carried out by an individual or individuals working under secret identity to gather classified information on behalf of another entity or nation. In the United States, the organization that heads most activities dedicated to espionage is the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

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Фильмы

  • The Heroic Deed., 1966 — A film story about Feliks Dzerzhinsky (a Russian revolutionary).
  • A Conspiracy against the Soviet Country, 1987 — The activity of the Pentagon and Central Intelligence Agency during the undeclared war with the Soviet Union.
  • Insight., 1988 — About policy and politicians, about the struggle between two systems since the foundation of Soviet Russia. A long period is surveyed: from 1917 till the end of 80s.