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eavesdropping

act of secretly listening to the private communications of others
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Adolphe Henri Laissement · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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eavesdropping

Summary

eavesdropping ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (749 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • eavesdropping is a type of listening[2].
  • eavesdropping's Commons category is recorded as Eavesdropping[3].
  • eavesdropping's has characteristic is recorded as secrecy[4].

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Definition and Type

eavesdropping is a type of listening[2].

Why It Matters

eavesdropping ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (749 views/month).[1] eavesdropping has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] eavesdropping is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → listening
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Has characteristic → secrecy
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4716, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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