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What is the noun for espying?

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espial
  1. Act of noticing or observing.
  2. The fact of noticing or observing; a discovery.
  3. (obsolete) A spy; a scout.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Among the crowd entering the exhibition he could easily keep her in sight without risk of his espial being detected.”
      “At the moment of my espial, Cornwallis was speaking, and I drew back to listen, well enough content to be in earshot.”
      “Her system of espial is even more minute and irritating than that of Russia.”
espionage
  1. The act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Over 60 of its members, including its leader, were arrested and accused of espionage, subversive activities, and other crimes.”
      “Rudyard Kipling coined the term, The Great Game, to describe one hundred and fifty years of intrigue, military adventurism, and espionage.”
      “In some cases, the spyware may include key loggers that could lead to intellectual property theft and corporate espionage.”
espiocrat
  1. A professional spy; a member of an espionage bureaucracy.
  2. Examples:
    1. “He'd vanish off the face of the earth before he'd follow orders from an espiocrat.”
espionages
espiocrats
  1. plural of espiocrat
espials
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