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industrial espionage  

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  • Industrial espionage is industrial spying, the secret gathering of proprietary information such as trade secrets to advance a business purpose. The collecting of information or intelligence is not unique to the past century, but the methods used are as unique as the information sought. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime; Industrial Espionage]

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