2 entries found for spook.
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Function: noun
Text: 1 a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country <Russia recalled its spooks after the collapse of the Soviet Union> -- see SPY
2 the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people <Halloween is the night when spooks and goblins are said to roam abroad> -- see GHOST