[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

eavesdropping \eaves"drop`ping\, n. law
   the habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places
   where persons meet for private intercourse, secretly
   listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. the
   offense is indictable at common law. --wharton.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

eavesdrop
     v : listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man was
         eavesdropping on his wife's conversations" syn: listen
         in
     also: eavesdropping, eavesdropped
see also:
listen in eavesdropping eavesdropped 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

eavesdropping
     see eavesdrop
see also:
eavesdrop 

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