Eavesdropped [verb]

Without intending to eavesdrop, Frank paused there a moment, unconsciously listening.

I suppose you mean I must loaf around there and eavesdrop—for anything that may come over.

I had no intention to eavesdrop, but I was drowsy and for a moment or two I nodded again.

She drew a chair to the window and sat down to eavesdrop without the slightest feeling of compunction.

So Sofia could, if she had cared to eavesdrop, have overheard everything that passed between Mr. Karslake and the man Nogam.

Our General Communication dial has caught her talk and begins to eavesdrop.

He had an opportunity to learn one evening, and conquered a passionate desire to eavesdrop.

It would be too great a strain on our feminine curiosity not to eavesdrop on Don's little romance.

The words said between souls are not heard by the eavesdropping ear, but the soul also can eavesdrop, and tells in its time.

Did you learn how to eavesdrop in a correspondence school or did it just come naturally?