Usually means: Observed secretly; watched covertly.
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  1. spied: Merriam-Webster
  2. spied: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. spied: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. spied: Collins English Dictionary
  5. spied: Vocabulary.com
  6. Spied, spied: Wordnik
  7. spied: Wiktionary
  8. spied: Dictionary.com
  9. spied: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. spied: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Spied: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. spied: FreeDictionary.org
  13. spied: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. spied: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  15. Spied: Online Plain Text English Dictionary

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  1. spied: Legal dictionary

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  1. spied: Encyclopedia

(Note: See spy as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (spy)

noun:  (espionage) A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).
noun:  (American football) A defensive player assigned to cover an offensive backfield player man-to-man when they are expected to engage in a running play, but the offensive player does not run with the ball immediately.
verb:  (intransitive) To act as a spy.
verb:  (transitive) To spot; to catch sight of; to espy.
verb:  (intransitive) To search narrowly; to scrutinize.
verb:  (transitive) To explore; to see; to view; inspect and examine secretly, as a country.
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