Usually means: Listened secretly to others' conversations.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word eavesdropped:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. eavesdropped: Merriam-Webster
  2. eavesdropped: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. eavesdropped: Collins English Dictionary
  4. eavesdropped: Vocabulary.com
  5. eavesdropped: Wordnik
  6. eavesdropped: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. eavesdropped: Wiktionary
  8. eavesdropped: Dictionary.com
  9. eavesdropped: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. eavesdropped: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. eavesdropped: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. eavesdropped: Legal dictionary

(Note: See eavesdrop as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (eavesdrop)

verb:  (ambitransitive) To hear (intentionally) a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
verb:  (zoology) To listen for another organism's calls, so as to exploit them.
noun:  The dripping of rain from the eaves of a house.
noun:  The space around a house on which such water drips.
noun:  (countable) A concealed aperture through which an occupant of a building can surreptitiously listen to people talking at an entrance to the building.
noun:  (countable) The act of intentionally hearing a conversation not intended to be heard.
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