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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?
The president doesn’t go and physically wiretap something, but the other issue out there is the unmasking of names, the leaking of names. That happened to [former National Security Adviser] Michael Flynn. The concern we have is: Are there any other surveillance activities in the unmasking of names?
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-elect at the time, or as a candidate, or against his campaign.
When you have a wiretap on someone you pick up all sorts of dreck. But in terms of the political history that ironically the FBI has created for us, it's a wonderful resource.
For the part of the national security apparatus that I oversaw as DNI, there was no wiretap activity mounted against the President-elect at the time, or as a candidate, or against his campaign.
We have not seen any evidence that there was a wiretap or a (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) court order against Trump Tower or somebody in Trump Tower.
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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