verb
- to look around or search secretly in order to find out information about someone or something
Usage: informal
noun
- a person who snoops or pries into other people’s affairs
Usage: informal
Examples
- Stop snooping around my room!
- She was caught snooping through his desk drawers.
- I don’t like to snoop, but I overheard their conversation.
- The reporter was snooping for information about the scandal.
- My neighbor is such a snoop, always watching what we do.
- Don’t be a snoop and mind your own business.
- The detective had to snoop around the crime scene for clues.