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I grew up in a society where everything you did was eavesdropped on, recorded, snitched on. I had friends when we were kids getting into trouble for telling anecdotes about Communist leaders.
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Meaning of "eavesdropped" in the English dictionary

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EAVESDROPPED

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
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Eavesdropped is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb eavesdropped in English.

WHAT DOES EAVESDROPPED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

eavesdropped

Eavesdropping

Eavesdropping is secretly listening to the private conversation of others without their consent, as defined by Black's Law Dictionary. This is commonly thought to be unethical and there is an old adage that "eavesdroppers seldom hear anything good of themselves...eavesdroppers always try to listen to matters that concern them."...

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EAVESDROPPED

PRESENT

Present
I eavesdrop
you eavesdrop
he/she/it eavesdrops
we eavesdrop
you eavesdrop
they eavesdrop
Present continuous
I am eavesdropping
you are eavesdropping
he/she/it is eavesdropping
we are eavesdropping
you are eavesdropping
they are eavesdropping
Present perfect
I have eavesdropped
you have eavesdropped
he/she/it has eavesdropped
we have eavesdropped
you have eavesdropped
they have eavesdropped
Present perfect continuous
I have been eavesdropping
you have been eavesdropping
he/she/it has been eavesdropping
we have been eavesdropping
you have been eavesdropping
they have been eavesdropping
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I eavesdropped
you eavesdropped
he/she/it eavesdropped
we eavesdropped
you eavesdropped
they eavesdropped
Past continuous
I was eavesdropping
you were eavesdropping
he/she/it was eavesdropping
we were eavesdropping
you were eavesdropping
they were eavesdropping
Past perfect
I had eavesdropped
you had eavesdropped
he/she/it had eavesdropped
we had eavesdropped
you had eavesdropped
they had eavesdropped
Past perfect continuous
I had been eavesdropping
you had been eavesdropping
he/she/it had been eavesdropping
we had been eavesdropping
you had been eavesdropping
they had been eavesdropping
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will eavesdrop
you will eavesdrop
he/she/it will eavesdrop
we will eavesdrop
you will eavesdrop
they will eavesdrop
Future continuous
I will be eavesdropping
you will be eavesdropping
he/she/it will be eavesdropping
we will be eavesdropping
you will be eavesdropping
they will be eavesdropping
Future perfect
I will have eavesdropped
you will have eavesdropped
he/she/it will have eavesdropped
we will have eavesdropped
you will have eavesdropped
they will have eavesdropped
Future perfect continuous
I will have been eavesdropping
you will have been eavesdropping
he/she/it will have been eavesdropping
we will have been eavesdropping
you will have been eavesdropping
they will have been eavesdropping
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would eavesdropped
you would eavesdropped
he/she/it would eavesdropped
we would eavesdropped
you would eavesdropped
they would eavesdropped
Conditional continuous
I would be eavesdropping
you would be eavesdropping
he/she/it would be eavesdropping
we would be eavesdropping
you would be eavesdropping
they would be eavesdropping
Conditional perfect
I would have eavesdropped
you would have eavesdropped
he/she/it would have eavesdropped
we would have eavesdropped
you would have eavesdropped
they would have eavesdropped
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been eavesdropping
you would have been eavesdropping
he/she/it would have been eavesdropping
we would have been eavesdropping
you would have been eavesdropping
they would have been eavesdropping
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you eavesdrop
we let´s eavesdrop
you eavesdrop
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to eavesdrop
Past participle
eavesdropped
Present Participle
eavesdropping
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

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Synonyms and antonyms of eavesdropped in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EAVESDROPPED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «eavesdropped» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of eavesdropped
bug · earwig · listen in · overhear · pry · snoop · spy

Translation of «eavesdropped» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EAVESDROPPED

Find out the translation of eavesdropped to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of eavesdropped from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «eavesdropped» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

窃听
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

espiado
570 millions of speakers

English

eavesdropped
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

eavesdropped
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تنصتت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подслушал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

eavesdropped
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আড়ি পেতে শুনেছে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

espionné
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Eavesdropped
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

belauscht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

盗聴
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

도청
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Eavesdropped
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nghe trộm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரகசியமாகக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुप्तपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eavesdropped
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

origliato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podsłuchiwali
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підслухав
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tras cu urechea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

eavesdropped
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afgeluister
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avlyssnas
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

eavesdropped
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of eavesdropped

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EAVESDROPPED»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EAVESDROPPED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about eavesdropped

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2 QUOTES WITH «EAVESDROPPED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word eavesdropped.
1
Jan Koum
I grew up in a society where everything you did was eavesdropped on, recorded, snitched on. I had friends when we were kids getting into trouble for telling anecdotes about Communist leaders.
2
Pete du Pont
If we had known that one of those terrorist attacks was coming, could our government have electronically eavesdropped on the attackers without a warrant?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EAVESDROPPED»

Discover the use of eavesdropped in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to eavesdropped and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lightweight Optimization Techniques for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
2.2.2 Problem Formulation A packet will be eavesdropped if and only if it passes through cells where adversarial nodes reside. A S-D pair may be eavesdropped in cell i if and only if there is an adversarial node located in cell i and that S-D ...
Jung-Chun Kao, 2008
2
The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963
... believe this, but if you listen to any kind of music long enough, first you get accustomed to it and then you learn to like it.'” accustomed: 4. “When Mrs. Davidson left, Momma went upstairs and into Joey's room. I eavesdropped.” eavesdropped: ...
Kyla Brown, 2006
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Radio Frequency Identification: Security and Privacy Issues: ...
Then, if the value in a column of this vector is greater than half of the number of approximations NA times the number of eavesdropped sessions NS, we conjecture a 1 in that column. Otherwise, we conjecture a 0. We can define that in a more ...
Siddika Berna Ors Yalcin, 2010
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Building Secure Servers with Linux
Admittedly, it's unlikely that a given Internet FTP session will be eavesdropped by , say, an evil system administrator at an ISP somewhere on that data's path. The problem is that it's trivially easy for such a person to eavesdrop if she's so ...
Michael D. Bauer, 2002
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Linux Server Security
This is the Title of the Book, eMatter Edition Admittedly, it's unlikely that a given Internet FTP session will be eavesdropped on by, say, anevil system administrator at anISP somewhere onthat data's path. The problem is that it's trivially easy for ...
Michael Bauer, 2005
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Constitutional Law
Weatherford is inapplicable to the case sub judice, where a member of the prosecution team intentionally eavesdropped on a confidential defense conversation. We conclude, consistent with existing federal precedent, that a defendant must ...
Jacqueline R. Kanovitz, 2012
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Audio- and Video-Based Biometric Person Authentication: 5th ...
A diagram of the protocol is illustrated in Fig. 1. The major problems of the above protocol are: – The enrollment template stored inside the smartcard could be eavesdropped at step 2. – The real time template could be eavesdropped at step 3.
Takeo Kanade, Anil Jain, Nalini K. Ratha, 2005
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Pheromones and Animal Behavior: Chemical Signals and ...
Any kind of pheromone can be eavesdropped. Surprisingly, there are some rare examples of semiochemicals being eavesdropped by visual cues. The protein- rich urine marks of voles are conspicuous in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum ...
Tristram D. Wyatt, 2014
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Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security
Some flat-panel displays can be eavesdropped via UHF radio, especially where a high-speed digital serial connection is used between the video controller and display. This is the case, for example, in many laptops and with modern graphics  ...
Henk C.A. van Tilborg, Sushil Jajodia, 2011
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Progress in Cryptology - INDOCRYPT 2009: 10th International ...
The adversary has to reconstruct one polynomial corresponding to some part of the eavesdropped values. The first strategy for the adversary is to find a solvable PR instance in the classical meaning, i.e. without any collision. The number of ...
Bimal Roy, Nicolas Sendrier, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EAVESDROPPED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term eavesdropped is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Morpho' Hackers Pose Corporate Security Threat
Once the attackers had this access, they presumably then eavesdropped on email conversations and may have been in a position to potentially ... «Big News Network.com, Jul 15»
2
NSA will not be pressured to change ways: Former contractor
... the US National Security Agency (NSA) has eavesdropped on the last three German chancellors and their offices for more than a decade. «Press TV, Jul 15»
3
Big Brother Day 57: Who had a good day, and who had a bad day?
The way he awkwardly eavesdropped on Harry and Nick early in the day was a bit odd. Otherwise, Jack did very well in yesterday's episode. «Digital Spy UK, Jul 15»
4
Comedienne's 'Six Stages of Woman' entertains Aurorans
Aurora -- Onlookers got a chance to laugh as they "eavesdropped" on comedienne Mary Faktor's "life" during her performance of "The Six ... «Aurora Advocate, Jul 15»
5
Scientists Demonstrate Animal Mind-Melds
One set delivered a signal into one part of each brain, while the other eavesdropped on a different brain patch. The four rats received the same ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
6
Spicy Ranchero sauce good over eggs, chicken, fish and more
... 1933 happened upon anti-Prohibition author Irvin Cobb and Black Sox shortstop Buck Weaver in conversation, he eavesdropped attentively. «Charleston Post Courier, Jul 15»
7
Latest from Iran
The NSA eavesdropped on 29 Brazilian government phone numbers, listening to conversations taking place on the president's office line and ... «Press TV, Jul 15»
8
Plus-Size Old Navy Shopper Turns a Fat Shaming Incident Into a …
When Rachel Taylor was shopping at Old Navy on Thursday, she eavesdropped on a mother and daughter's conversation (no shame). «Yahoo Parenting, Jul 15»
9
AP Ministers Meet Pranab, Seek Invocation of Sec 8
According to him, the TS government had eavesdropped on the phones of TDP Rajya Sabha member Garikapati Ramamohana Rao and Harry ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
10
Noodle takes the guess work out of preschool shopping
And I eavesdropped from time to time when parents were chatting at the park. I floundered around and ended up with a great list of possible ... «Boston Business Journal, Jul 15»

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