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wiretap
[ wahyuhr-tap ]
noun
- an act or instance of tapping telephone or telegraph wires for evidence or other information.
verb (used with object)
- to obtain (information, evidence, etc.) by tapping telephone or telegraph wires:
to wiretap conversations.
- to listen in on by means of a wiretap:
to wiretap a telephone; to wiretap a conversation.
verb (used without object)
- to tap telephone or telegraph wires for evidence, information, etc.
adjective
- pertaining to or obtained by wiretap.
wiretap
/ ˈwaɪəˌtæp /
verb
- to make a connection to a telegraph or telephone wire in order to obtain information secretly
Derived Forms
- ˈwireˌtapping, noun
- ˈwireˌtapper, noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of wiretap1
Example Sentences
On Hoover’s desk sat a notebook containing all the outstanding wiretaps the Bureau then had running.
Theoharis obtained tens of thousands of documents related to illegal wiretaps, mail openings and break-ins.
There don’t seem to be any secret wiretaps or defectors who are telling all.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s guide to recording police notes that in places with one-party-consent wiretap laws—38 US states and the District of Columbia—you can freely record audio.
The government got what it needed from a wiretap of defendant Basaaly Saeed Moalin's phone, not from the mass collection of metadata.
After a wiretap at the home of a Civella relative produced devastating evidence of hidden ownership, the FBI moved in.
Tipped off by the wiretap, federal agents in another incident pulled over a locked freezer truck, loaded with 26 people.
Helpfully, he's fled to Yemen, where that nation's intelligence service can freely wiretap him.
After all, to get a FISA judge to grant a warrant, you at least need to know the name of the person you want to wiretap.
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