"espionage for" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is used to describe the act of engaging in espionage or spying on behalf of someone or something. Example: He was arrested for espionage for a foreign government and sentenced to ten years in prison.
Kautilya advocated an elaborate system of espionage for domestic as well as foreign affairs.
Iran's judiciary on Monday sentenced to death an imprisoned American convicted of espionage for the Central Intelligence Agency.
See articleAmerica formally charged Edward Snowden with espionage for leaking classified material about the intelligence agencies' surveillance programme.
He also executed one Elghanian brother, Habib, on the charges of sowing "corruption on earth" and "espionage for Israel".
Many long-standing allies of the United States have been deeply engaged in cyber espionage for decades.
Mr. Ahmadinejad has been defending his inner circle of advisers against accusations of corruption, black magic and espionage for MI6, the British intelligence service.
And even when I defended those accused of espionage for attempting to sell America's nuclear secrets, no one questioned my loyalty to my country.
Marshall received a sentence to five years in prison; the jury having asked a light sentence, and the judte allowing that Marshall had not committed espionage for gain.
In early 2009, I was locked up in Tehran's Evin Prison and sentenced to eight years on a bogus charge of espionage for the C.I.A.
It left out the hero's espionage for America, the Christian faith of his friend and other details that the Soviet authorities would have found utterly intolerable.
In 2009, Chung became the first American to be convicted in a jury trial on charges of economic espionage, for passing unclassified technical documents to China.
