espionage

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espionage

Summary

espionage ranks in the top 0.74% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,596 views/month, #577 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • espionage is a type of clandestine HUMINT[2].
  • espionage is a type of crime[3].
  • espionage is a type of violation of law[4].
  • espionage's Commons category is recorded as Espionage[5].
  • espionage's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Espionage[6].
  • espionage's described at URL is recorded as https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Espionage[7].
  • espionage's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • espionage's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[9].
  • espionage's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • espionage's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[11].
  • espionage's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • espionage's partially coincident with is recorded as information leak[13].
  • espionage's topic has template is recorded as Template:Espionage[14].
  • espionage's equivalent class is recorded as https://www.commoncoreontologies.org/ont00001094[15].
  • espionage's practiced by is recorded as spy[16].
  • espionage's practiced by is recorded as covert agent[17].
  • espionage's practiced by is recorded as double agent[18].
  • espionage's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].
  • espionage's P14870 is recorded as ont00001094[20].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include clandestine HUMINT[2], crime[3], and violation of law[4].

Influence

Things named for espionage include Sexpionage[21].

Why It Matters

espionage ranks in the top 0.74% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,596 views/month, #577 of 77,819).[1] espionage has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] espionage is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Entities named for espionage include Sexpionage[21].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14870 → ont00001094
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/53024|batch #53024]]"
  2. 26d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://www.commoncoreontologies.org/ont00001094
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://www.commoncoreontologies.org/ont00001094"
  3. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → espionage
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: espionage, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289927057|espionage (#289927057)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  4. 11w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003415-spionaz
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P459]]: [[Q1266546]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260983|batch #260983]]"
  5. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Euronews topic id → espionage
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 4921228, 2641074
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → clandestine HUMINT, crime, violation of law
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4086, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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