Noun : an industrial spy.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : to spy a rare bird overhead.    From Dictionary.com. 

I'll wager my head that one of the spies is the same chap who's been asking Pedro about me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spice and the Devil's Cave] Reference

Speaker Dr Frene Ginwala ordered De Lille to withdraw the word spies, which she did.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

They have guides, leaders, scouts, and spies from the Southern refugees pouring over the Gila.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance] Reference

In spite of all these precautions, spies from the English fleet each day penetrated into Boulogne.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recollections of the private life of Napoleon]

May 23, 2010, 10: 11 pm zoltan says: whit: the idea that mccarthy did more harm than soviet spies is ridiculous.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking the Washington Post to School] Reference

German police quiz four alleged Chinese 'spies' - Summary.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

They could be classified as spies and executed, after we.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress] Reference

Punishment for being so-called spies, traitors and infidels.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 5, 2003] Reference

Local American Jews have been called spies and fifth columnists for Israel.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper] Reference

He did not want a bed; he much preferred a heap of spies, that is, wood shavings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malcolm] Reference

In a commentary following the film, a neo-fascist politician called the spies "heroes.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Italy: A New Look For The Old Right] Reference

First we hear from the "guessers" aka our spies and professional intelligence analysts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Philocrites: U.S. Department of Irony Promotion.] Reference

Eddie refused to name the spies who assisted him on his mission except in closed session.    From Wordnik.com.  [Edgar Allen] Reference

The spies were the real secrets that Obama would carry with him from that moment forward.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama’s Wars] Reference

I have arrested half a dozen so-called spies this week already only to find they were harmless rustics -- '.    From Wordnik.com.  [War and the Weird] Reference

I've got news for you: for as long as this country has employed spies, that is exactly the risk they are taking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sound Politics: Sad but true. Darcy Burner only voted about half the time; failed to vote for schools, parks, libraries] Reference

Kirk: I've got news for you: for as long as this country has employed spies, that is exactly the risk they are taking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sound Politics: Sad but true. Darcy Burner only voted about half the time; failed to vote for schools, parks, libraries] Reference

Consultative Forum, the dismissal of Sifiso Nkabinde from the ANC and the issue of "so-called spies" in the government.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

"He thinks that if they exchange him for the so-called spies, everyone will think that he is a spy also, and he is not.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Russian bargaining chip in spy swap negotiations] Reference

An unnamed source said the "spies" were in Zimbabwe out of.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

This might have been one of those "spies" who got unlucky.    From Wordnik.com.  [PRC Spy or Clumsy Tourist?] Reference

Potentially we some 'spies' in the dark camp Sawyer, Kate and Jin?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Get Ready: LOSTCasts 83 - Sundown] Reference

Kidding, kidding! (for the benefit of 'spies' who may be reading this).    From Wordnik.com.  [26 Ramadhan 1423H] Reference

He denounced the aid workers as "spies" and "thieves", the Associated Press reported.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darfur Aid Agencies Leave After Expulsion by Sudan] Reference

Comes the unveiling of the "spies", a clear and blatant step back to the bad old days, right?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert A. Levine: The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy? -- Update] Reference

WASHINGTON — Kendall and Gwendolyn Myers were the kind of spies any intelligence service would want.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cuban Spies: Kendall Myers, Gwendolyn Myers Face Prison] Reference

Because few bankers have left Lehman, there are few "spies" to inform rivals about where the bank stood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Some Scouring] Reference

Drudge focuses on politics, while Knowles deals with movies, but both rely on anonymous "spies" for info.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scoops Du Jour] Reference

WASHINGTON mdash; Kendall and Gwendolyn Myers were the kind of spies any intelligence service would want.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cuban Spies: Kendall Myers, Gwendolyn Myers Face Prison] Reference

The local Gestapo freed them after a message had penetrated to Berlin and the answer had come back clearing the 'spies'.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE GREAT ESCAPE]

Zimbabwean government officials accused the men - who are all in their mid-thirties - of being "spies", "mercenaries" and.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Maunye in turn accused the Northern Province government of employing eight "spies" to monitor the movements of BBC members.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The goal of the legislation is to call those who criticize the government 'spies', 'traitors', enemies of the state' and so on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naomi Wolf: Espionage Act: How the Government Can Engage in Serious Aggression Against the People of the United States] Reference