snoops in English

noun

1

a furtive investigation.

I could go back to her cottage and have another snoop

synonyms: search, nose, look, prowl, ferret, poke, investigation

verb

1

investigate or look around furtively in an attempt to find out something, especially information about someone's private affairs.

your sister might find the ring if she goes snooping around

synonyms: pry into, inquire into/about, be inquisitive about/of, be curious about, poke about/around, be a busybody about, poke one's nose into, interfere in/with, meddle in/with, intrude on, be nosy about, investigate, explore, search, nose, have a good look, prowl around

noun

search, nose, look, prowl, ferret, poke, investigation
snooper

verb

pry into, investigate, spy
pry into, inquire into/about, be inquisitive about/of, be curious about, poke about/around, be a busybody about, poke one's nose into, interfere in/with, meddle in/with, intrude on, be nosy about
investigate, explore, search, nose, have a good look, prowl around
spy, stag, sleuth

Use "snoops" in a sentence

1. The address resolution protocol will repopulate the cache from traffic it snoops and from new requests.

2. The reputation of Big Tech is one of hyper-partisan politics, data miners, snoops, Bowdlerizers and censors, monopolists, progressive multibillionaires, and adolescents in arrested development who

3. Carlson, Author, Bloodstream, 1992-93 President of Sisters in Crime) "Dilley's literate, comprehensive, and conclusive Busybodies, Meddlers & Snoops serves up a stinging rebuttal to those who would dismiss mystery fiction by women as mere fluff." (Dana Stabenow, Author of the Kate Shugak, Liam Campbell and Star Svensdotter series)