espionage activity

collocation in English

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espionage
noun[U]
uk
/ˈes.pi.ə.nɑːʒ/us
/ˈes.pi.ə.nɑːʒ/
the discovering of secrets, especially political or military information of another country or the industrial information of ...
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activity
noun
uk
/ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/us
/ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
the situation in which a lot of things are happening or people are ...
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This can be interpreted as a drastically reduced form of a more articulated microfoundation of theespionageactivity.
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If population grows too slowly, there will be no steady state equilibriumespionageactivityin this economy.
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The first term of the maximization problem indicates the expected profit flow from the purely inventive activity, whereas the second term indicates the expected profit flow from theespionageactivity.
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These questions are motivated by some empirical evidence, which suggests thatespionageactivityhits the immaterial assets in the existing sectors with the aim of upgrading the products.
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First, there must be a major subversive orespionageactivitythat is likely to endanger the national interest.
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In 1886 a law was passed penalizingespionageactivity(another would be passed in 1934).
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I am disturbed by the possibility that diplomatic privilege is being used by people engaged in espionage activities.
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Many of these espionage activities can benefit other nations if they are carried to an extreme.
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All of us know from reading the papers that these missions have been often in the past, and are probably now, centres of espionage activities.
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It may be espionage activities; it may be subversive activities.
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Though at first he denied having been a spy, he eventually made a confession in which he gave an account of his espionage activities.
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It would not be possible without disproportionate effort to extract information about how many of those found guilty had previously admitted some involvement in espionage activities.
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Though at first he denied having been a spy, he eventually made a confession, in which he gave an account of his espionage activities.
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However, she was convicted based on evidence of her espionage activities found in her apartment.
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The new espionage slider allows the player to divert part of their income towards espionage activities against other civilizations.
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These accounts were, according to the filmmakers, espionage activities.
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Two people were arrested in 1997 and four in 1998 for espionage activities.
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She was aware of his espionage activities and condoned them.
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