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earwigging
Part of speech: NounThe gaining of confidence and good graces by whispered and covert statements about others.
Usage examples "earwigging":- Yet he never made an effort to combat it, partly I think from pride, for he hated everything that savoured of earwigging; he was not going to put constraint upon himself that his following might be more enthusiastic. - "John Redmond's Last Years", Stephen Gwynn.
- This negative result horrifies the burghers, and the General, leaving the table, is besieged by earwigging notables imploring him to arrest the two tribunes. - "The New Germany", George Young.