The building was haunted by a couple of spooks.

From Ian Fleming to John Le Carre - authors have long been fascinated by the world of espionage. But, asks the BBC’s Gordon Corera, what do real life spooks make of fictional spies?

The congressional study frets that Huawei’s and ZTE’s products could be used as Trojan horses by Chinese spooks.

Some won't take spooks—hell, don't make no difference to me.

[…] Dryades Street and that whole uptown neighborhood is gonna be worth a fortune once the white people take it back from you spooks and develop it. […]

He who is infatuated with Man leaves persons out of account so far as that infatuation extends, and floats in an ideal, sacred interest. Man, you see, is not a person, but an ideal, a spook.

Commonly, the surgeons view nonsurgeons with disdain. The most disdain is directed toward the “shrinks” or the “spooks,” as the psychiatrists are called.

The hunters were spooked when the black cat crossed their path. The movement in the bushes spooked the deer and they ran.

As that was happening, an East Midlands train came through at 90mph. George [a Labrador] was spooked as the train went past him and ran backwards across the neighbouring slow lines and off towards the sidings.

The deer spooked at the sound of the dogs.

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