'Eavesdropping' definitions:
Definition of 'Eavesdropping'
From: GCIDE
- Eavesdropping \Eaves"drop`ping\, n. (Law) The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places where persons meet for private intercourse, secretly listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The offense is indictable at common law. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]