Today’s “Word of the Day” is eavesdrop and it is a verb meaning “secretly listen to the private conversation of others without their consent; spy, overhear“.
Example Sentence: Sri Lankan Lawyer Hejaaz Hizbullah was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department of the Police (CID) on April 14, 2020 pursuant to the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and has since been kept in detention. “Most alarmingly, Mr. Hizbullah has been denied access to his family and even lawyers except for a brief 15 minutes with an Attorney-at-Law under the scrutiny of an eavesdropping CID officer.
This word is present in The Hindu International article Concerns grow over ‘lapses’ in Sri Lanka’s Easter attack probe and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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