espionage

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++es·pi·o·nage /ˈespiənɑːʒ/ noun [uncountable]  FIND OUTthe activity of secretly finding out secret information and giving it to a country’s enemies or a company’s competitors 谍报活动，间谍行为 SYN spying, → spy a campaign of industrial espionage against his main rival 针对他主要竞争对手展开的商业间谍活动 → counter-espionage

Examples from the Corpus

espionage• She knew little about espionage and, until this murder case, cared less.• Terror and danger in the world of intrigue and espionage.• The banks take precautions to prevent any attempts at industrial espionage while confidential documents are on the premises.• Three months later, the Soviets convicted him of espionage.• The men, convicted on espionage charges, had been sentenced to 15-year prison terms in 1987.• Zakharov, a KGB agent, was charged with espionage.industrial espionage• The Computer Security Institute, which conducted the survey, said the losses were caused by industrial espionage, hacking and fraud.• The possibility of their involvement can not be ruled out at this stage, but neither can industrial espionage.• Under the second category they considered investigations by private detectives, industrial espionage, technical surveillance devices, and finally computers.• Whitehall denies that Echelon is involved in industrial espionage, but admits that its aims include countering industrial espionage by others.• Finally, we need a transatlantic understanding on industrial espionage.• The strength of the desire to gain particular techniques is often reflected by the extent to which industrial espionage was resorted to.From Longman Business Dictionaryespionagees‧pi‧o‧nage /ˈespiənɑːʒ/ noun [uncountable] when people secretly find out a country’s or company’s secretsHe was cleared of mounting a campaign of industrial espionage against his main rival.Origin espionage (1700-1800) French espionnage, from espion “spy”

es·pi·o·nage nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus out Business secret the finding and it of information activity secretly giving

espionage
es‧pi‧o‧nage /ˈespiənɑːʒ/ noun [uncountable]the activity of secretly finding out secret information and giving it to a country’s enemies or a company’s competitors
   SYN  spying ⇨ spy:
    a campaign of industrial espionage against his main rival ⇨ counter-espionage
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ spy someone whose job is to find out secret information about another country: Stalin controlled a network of spies. | The film is basically a spy story.
   ▪ agent/secret agent someone who works for a government or police department in order to get secret information about another country or organization: a secret agent working for MI5 | He is the FBI’s best undercover agent (=one who works secretly and pretends to be someone else).
   ▪ double agent someone who finds out an enemy country’s secrets for their own country but who also gives secrets to the enemy: a former CIA double agent who also worked for the KGB
   ▪ mole someone who works for an organization while secretly giving information to its enemies: A mole in the government was leaking information to the press.
   ▪ informer someone who secretly tells the police about criminal activities, especially for money: Acting on information from an informer, the police raided the house.
   ▪ espionage the work that spies do: He is serving a 20-year prison sentence for espionage.

es·pi·on·ageBrE /ˈespiənɑːʒ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈespiənɑːʒ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the activity of secretly getting important political or military information about another country or of finding out another company's secrets by using spies 间谍活动；谍报活动；刺探活动 SYN spying ◆Some of the commercial activities were a cover for espionage. 有些商业活动是为间谍活动提供掩护。🔊🔊◆She may call it research; I call it industrial espionage. 她可以称之为研究，可我称它为产业情报刺探。🔊🔊  ➡  see also counter-espionage