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spook
noun
[ spuːk ]
• a ghost.
• a spy.
• "a CIA spook"
• a black person.
spook
verb
• frighten; unnerve.
• "they spooked a couple of grizzly bears"
Origin:
early 19th century: from Dutch, of unknown origin.