bug
noun
a hemipterous insect.
Example Sentences
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Now it has become a museum called Trent Park House of Secrets, which highlights the role of the team of German speakers, most of them Jewish refugees, who transcribed titbits from the prisoners' bugged conversations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
My department chairman intervened, and I avoided arrest—though a student later told me my apartment was likely bugged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
“Oh, I bugged everybody from my siblings and neighbors. And I’d kick it with anybody that wanted to give me some attention,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
"What I do understand is that being a nuclear power plant worker, her phone is likely to be bugged," Yeva tells me.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2025
Kadiatu cried as she gazed about the room, eyes bugged out with panic.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
