wiretap
IPA: wˈaɪɝtæp
noun
- A connection installed on a telephone line or other communications system in order to allow a third party to conduct covert surveillance of conversations.
verb
- To install or to use such a connection.
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Examples of "wiretap" in Sentences
- A wiretap was installed in the latter case.
- His voice is being wiretapped by the agency.
- Agent Burton learns about the plan through the wiretap.
- One can wiretap and then obtain a warrant after the fact.
- The wiretap system makes an appearance in a later episode.
- The wiretap uncovered evidence of far more criminal activities.
- The wiretap on Monk's phone continues to prove fruitful for the unit.
- Changes were made to the roving wiretap provisions of the Patriot Act.
- The government was then required to get a warrant to execute a wiretap.
- Does it hold the record for containing the most unauthorized FBI wiretaps
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