how to pronounce espionage

/ˈɛs.pi.ə.nɑːʒ/

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espionage is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of espionage in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… island on suspicion of espionage the …”

meanings of espionage

noun:

The act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means.

espionage frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word espionage occurs in english on average 2.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics espionage can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that espionage can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;