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Definition of wire tap in English English dictionary

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To install or to use such a device
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A concealed device connected to a telephone or other communications system that allows a third party to listen or record conversations
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the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
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the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?
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{s} of eavesdropping by way of an electronic listening device
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{f} install an electronic listening device in order to eavesdrop
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the act of installing such a device
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tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?"
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If someone wiretaps your telephone, they attach a special device to the line so that they can secretly listen to your conversations. The coach said his club had wire-tapped the hotel room of a player during a road trip. = bug Wiretap is also a noun. tapes of telephone conversations that can have been obtained only by illegal wiretaps. + wiretapping wire·tapping allegations of wiretapping
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{i} bug, electric listening device installed in a room or on a telephone line
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