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Synonyms for wiretap
ˈwaɪərˌtæpwire·tap
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Princeton's WordNet
wiretap, tapverb
the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
Synonyms:
water tap, spigot, strike, pat, water faucet, hydrant, dab, rap, tapwiretap, tap, intercept, bugverb
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?"
Synonyms:
solicit, tease, exploit, tip, rap, badger, tap, pink, knock, intercept, bug, beg, tapdance, stop, beleaguer, pester
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List of paraphrases for "wiretap":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1038 | stop | |
#1961 | pink | |
#2043 | bug | |
#2765 | tip | |
#3884 | strike | |
#4535 | pat | |
#5857 | rap | |
#6828 | tap | |
#9810 | knock | |
#10264 | exploit | |
#14968 | beg | |
#16228 | badger | |
#17420 | tease | |
#17639 | dab | |
#19862 | intercept | |
#21425 | solicit | |
#35509 | eavesdropping | |
#42659 | wiretap | |
#45697 | wiretapping | |
#46624 | bugging | |
#48054 | hydrant | |
#49534 | spigot | |
#90108 | pester |
How to use wiretap in a sentence?
National Intelligence James Clapper:
For the part of the national security apparatus that I oversaw as DNI, there was no such wiretap activity mounted against the President, the president-elect at the time, or as a candidate, or against his campaign.
The way the Superfish functionality appears to work means that they must be intercepting traffic in order to insert the ads, this amounts to a wiretap.
This was illegal, only the Supreme Court has the authority to wiretap a president.
During the course of that wiretap investigation, the evidence led us to Timothy Granison.
Us lawyers have talked about it, we don't believe it's true, we think it's going to turn out to be untrue because it would be totally illegal. You can't wiretap a lawyer, you certainly can't wiretap his client who's not involved in the investigation. No one has suggested that President Donald Trump was involved in that investigation. So they're going to wiretap the lawyer, his client, and his client the president of the United States ? I don't think so, not if they want to stay out of jail. Disclosing a wiretap is a federal felony. I never took'em home when I was The US attorney.
Translations for wiretap
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- бръмбарBulgarian
- štěniceCzech
- Wanze, verwanzenGerman
- κοριόςGreek
- مفتولPersian
- [[asentaa]] [[salakuuntelulaite]], [[kuuntelulaitteen]] [[asentaminen]], salakuunnella, salakuuntelulaite, kuuntelulaiteFinnish
- micro, écoute, mouchard, installation, poser, pose, mettre sur écouteFrench
- cimice, spiare, intercettare, microspiaItalian
- 盗聴器, 盗聴器を仕掛けるJapanese
- [[zakładać]] [[pluskwa, pluskwaPolish
- grampo, grampearPortuguese
- подслушивающее устройство, жучокRussian
- namestiti prisluškovalno napravoSlovene
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