The word "spy" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when you want to refer to a person who secretly collects information for a government or other organization, usually by going undercover or infiltrating an organization. For example, "The spy was able to plant a bug in the office of a rival business."
"Ask yourself: if I were a Chinese spy, why wouldn't I have flown directly into Beijing?
Related: Spy agencies fund climate research in hunt for weather weapon, scientist fears Like so many military experiments, these trials failed but cloud seeding became a reality in 1967/8 when the US's Operation Popeye increased rainfall by an estimated 30% over parts of Vietnam in an attempt to reduce the movement of soldiers and resources into South Vietnam.
There have been persistent claims from boys abused at Kincora and human rights organisations that military intelligence and the RUC knew about the rape of children in care but used the information to blackmail the paedophiles, forcing them to spy on fellow loyalists.
There's the opportunity to take a ferry to spy some of the largely inaccessible mountains that sit next to the take, or you can go for a paddle yourself.
Related: Salutin' Putin: our lives inside a Russian troll house First Look Media, which published the leaks, described it as the UK spy agency's weapon in mastering the dark arts of the internet, a "hacker's buffet for wreaking online havoc".
If Abbott has his way, that sentiment is going to be harnessed by the government to introduce laws which will cut down basic civil liberties, in particular by restricting bail and enlarging Asio's powers to spy on the public at large by use of electronic data.
The former spy who is the star witness in the Timor-Leste espionage allegations against Australia received permission from Australia's inspector general of security to take legal advice about his concerns about intelligence gathering in 2004 during negotiations for a lucrative gas treaty, according to Timor-Leste's lawyer Bernard Collaery.
Feeling rather social after our picnic, and keen to spy on our fellow travellers, we popped into the buffet car.
If privacy is transactional, your consent to surveillance is all the commercial spy needs.
We spy upon them much more efficiently than you will ever be able to.
"Once you are using servers that are not compatible with the rest of world and maintained by federal agencies, you are offering an unidentified number of our homegrown spies a chance to spy on you," he said.
