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RELATED WORDS

surveillance, espionage, search, inspect, consider, explore, study, probe, question, scrutinize, interrogate, examine, review, poke, wiretap, snoop, overhear, observing, prying, bugging

Nearby words

  1. wirepulling,
  2. wirer,
  3. wireroom,
  4. wiresonde,
  5. wirespun,
  6. wiretapper,
  7. wirewalker,
  8. wireway,
  9. wirework,
  10. wireworks

Origin of wiretap

First recorded in 1950–55; back formation from wiretapper
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British Dictionary definitions for wiretapping

wiretap

verb -taps, -tapping or -tapped

to make a connection to a telegraph or telephone wire in order to obtain information secretly
Derived Formswiretapper, nounwiretapping, noun
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