Are our smart phones or smart gadgets eavesdropping on us?- sometimes we suspect that these devices are listening to our conversations or monitoring our activities without our knowledge or consent.
So what does ‘to eavesdrop’ mean?- it means to secretly listen to someone’s private conversation from close by without them knowing.
Examples:
Let’s go to the meeting room and talk about this so no one can eavesdrop.
I suspect that someone has been eavesdropping on our boardroom meetings, sensitive information seems to have reached our competitors.