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wiretap

wire·tap [ wr tàp ]


noun  (plural wire·taps)
Definition:
 
1. secret connection to telephone line: a connection made to a telephone line in order to listen secretly to somebody's conversations

2. installation or use of wiretap: the act of installing or using a wiretap



transitive and intransitive verb  (past and past participle wire·tapped, present participle wire·tap·ping, 3rd person present singular wire·taps)
Definition:
 
1. tap telephone line: to make a wire connection to a telephone line in order to listen in secret to somebody's conversations

2. listen in secret to telephone communications: to listen in secret to somebody's conversations on a telephone line by means of a wire connection


wire·tap·per noun
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