Definition of "spies" []

• Plural of spy. (noun)
• Third person singular present tense of spy. (verb)

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• "US intel community inefficient, unmanageable* nation's spies, contractors braced for post expose* how congress fueled the rise of private spies* intel chief: don't get 'shrill' about spooks-for-hire* video: max keiser on nsa, cia & secret america*"
• "He has this lovely passage a few paragraphs from the end, “Faith in spies is mystical, fuelled by fantasy and halfway to religion.”"
• "I'll wager my head that one of the spies is the same chap who's been asking Pedro about me."