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# snooper

«snooper» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who secretly looks into other people's private…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a snooper, snoopers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A snooper is a person who secretly looks into other people's private business, looks around where they should not, or spies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooper/#m1)

2) A snooper can also be someone officially checking up on people, like an inspector (often said in a disapproving way). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooper/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, a snooper peeks through windows or reads someone's diary, which tells the reader they are nosy. In online safety, snoopers are people or apps trying to see your private information. Phrases: "nosy snooper", "keep snoopers out".

### examples

- Our neighbour is a snooper who watches everyone through her curtains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooper/#x1)
- Keep your password secret from snoopers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooper/#x2)
- The detective caught the snooper reading the letters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooper/#x3)
- My little brother is a snooper — he looked in my diary! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooper/#x4)
- The house had a lock to keep snoopers out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooper/#x5)
- (informal) The newspaper called the tax inspectors "snoopers". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooper/#x6)

### note

Countable: a snooper, snoopers. Verb: snoop (snooping, snooped). Similar words: nosy parker (UK, informal), busybody, spy. Do not confuse with "snooker", a game played with balls and cues.

### In the corpora

- [Snooping can hurt the snooper too: you may read something unkind about yourself.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/356-peeking-at-presents-diaries-and-letters/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «snooper» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooper/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.