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wiretap
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun wiretap has 1 sense
- wiretap(n = noun.act) tap - the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information; Array is a kind of investigating, investigation
Derived form verb wiretap1
Verb wiretap has 1 sense
- wiretap(v = verb.perception) bug, intercept, tap - tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?" is one way to eavesdrop, listen in
Derived forms noun wiretap1, noun wiretapper1
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
wiretap, n.
the act or event of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information surreptitiously. [WordNet 1.5]
wiretap, v. t.
to tap{5} (a telephone or telegraph line) to get information surreptitiously; also, to obtain or record (information) by use of a wiretap. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
wiretap
attend, attend to, auscultate, be all ears, bend an ear, bug, bugging, cloak-and-dagger work, cock the ears, counterespionage, counterintelligence, eavesdrop, electronic surveillance, espial, espionage, examine by ear, following, give attention, give audience to, give ear, hark, hear, hear out, hearken, heed, intelligence, intelligence work, intercept, lend an ear, listen, listen at, listen in, listen to, military intelligence, observation, secret police, secret service, shadowing, sit in on, spying, stakeout, surveillance, tailing, tap, trailing, wiretapping
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