Read the excerpt from part one of Trifles . MRS. HALE: I’d hate to have men coming into my kitchen, snooping around and criticizing. Which word has a meaning similar to “snooping” as it is used in this excerpt?

Here, “snooping” means nosily or improperly looking into someone else’s private space or affairs. “Intruding” best captures that sense; “looking” and “peering” describe ways of seeing, while “searching” suggests a deliberate hunt for something.

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