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

Derived forms: listened in, listening in, listens in

Type of: listen