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Verb: listen in
  1. Listen quietly, without contributing to the conversation
     
  2. Listen without the speaker's knowledge
    "the jealous man was listening in on his wife's conversations";
    - eavesdrop, earwig [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: listening in, listens in, listened in

Type of: listen

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