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wiretaps

  • plural of wiretap.
  • present tense form of wiretap (3rd person singular).

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There are cases where there are millions of pages and the defendant needs significant time to review millions of pages of emails, text messages, and listen to hundreds of hours of wiretaps.

From Slate Jan. 7, 2026

The legal notifications, under the terms of the 1968 Federal Wiretap Act, are sent out routinely to people whose private communications have been captured on federal wiretaps.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 19, 2025

Nabu has been releasing new snippets of its investigation and wiretaps every day and on Tuesday it promised more would come.

From BBC Nov. 12, 2025

On Tuesday, an appeals chamber found there had been insufficient evidence against Uribe, that wiretaps used in the trial had been illegally conducted, and that the trial judge had committed errors of "methodology."

From Barron's Oct. 21, 2025

At last, technicians reached the Soviet cables, carefully exposing the inner wires and grafting on the wiretaps.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau