WIRETAP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wiretap mean? 

• WIRETAP (noun)
  The noun WIRETAP has 1 sense:

1. the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information

  Familiarity information: WIRETAP used as a noun is very rare.

• WIRETAP (verb)
  The verb WIRETAP has 1 sense:

1. tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information

  Familiarity information: WIRETAP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WIRETAP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

tap; wiretap

Hypernyms ("wiretap" is a kind of...):

investigating; investigation (the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically)

Derivation:

wiretap (tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information)

• WIRETAP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

bug; intercept; tap; wiretap

Context example:

Is this hotel room bugged?

Hypernyms (to "wiretap" is one way to...):

eavesdrop; listen in (listen without the speaker's knowledge)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

wiretap (the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information)

wiretapper (someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire)