to wiretap

  • 1wiretap — wire·tap 1 / wīr ˌtap/ vb tapped, tap·ping vi: to engage in wiretapping had probable cause to wiretap vt: to interpret through wiretapping a wiretapped telephone conversation; also: to connect to the telephone line of for the purpose of… …

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  • 2Wiretap Scars — Studio album by Sparta Released August 13, 2002 …

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  • 3wiretap — v. t. to tap[5] (a telephone or telegraph line) to get information surreptitiously; also, to obtain or record (information) by use of a wiretap. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 4wiretap — n. the act or event of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information surreptitiously. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 5Wiretap (disambiguation) — Wiretap may refer to:* Telephone tapping, the monitoring of telephone and Internet conversations by a third party * WireTap (radio program), a weekly radio program aired by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation …

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  • 6wiretap — ☆ wiretap [wīr′tap΄ ] vi., vt. wiretapped, wiretapping to tap (a telephone wire, etc.) to get information secretly or underhandedly n. 1. the act or an instance of wiretapping 2. a device used in wiretapping adj. of or relating to wiretapping… …

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  • 7WireTap (radio program) — Infobox Radio Show show name = WireTap imagesize = caption = format = Comedy audio format = Stereophonic record location = Montreal, Canada runtime = ca. 25 min. creator = Jonathan Goldstein developer = producer = Wendy Dorr Carolyn Warren Mira… …

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  • 8wiretap — /wuyeur tap /, n., v., wiretapped, wiretapping, adj. n. 1. an act or instance of tapping telephone or telegraph wires for evidence or other information. v.t. 2. to obtain (information, evidence, etc.) by tapping telephone or telegraph wires: to… …

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  • 9wiretap — I UK [ˈwaɪə(r)ˌtæp] / US [ˈwaɪrˌtæp] noun [countable] Word forms wiretap : singular wiretap plural wiretaps mainly American a) a piece of equipment that secretly lets telephone conversations be heard or recorded b) an occasion when a wiretap is… …

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  • 10wiretap — wire|tap1 [ waır,tæp ] noun count a piece of equipment that secretly lets telephone conversations be heard or recorded a. an occasion when a wiretap is used wiretap wire|tap 2 [ waır,tæp ] verb intransitive or transitive to connect a special… …

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