wiretappingn.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪəˌtapɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwaɪ(ə)rˌtæpɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: wire n.¹, tapping n.¹

Etymology: < wire n.¹ + tapping n.¹ Compare later wiretap v.

The action or practice of connecting to a telephone line or (formerly) a telegraph circuit in order to monitor conversations secretly. Cf. phone-tapping n. at phone n.² Compounds 2, telephone tapping n. at telephone n. Compounds 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > electronic espionage > [noun] > of telephones, etc.

wiretapping1878

listening-in1927

bugging1955

1878 Times 11 Jan. 6/5 In the current number of Chambers' Journal there is an interesting article on the telephone. The following extract illustrates the remarks of Professor Barrett on wire tapping.

1879 Racine (Wisconsin) Daily Herald 11 Feb. 3/3 This method of field telegraph does away with the dangers of wire tapping and cutting by the enemy.

1929 U.S. Rep. (Supreme Court) 277 474 The progress of science in furnishing the Government with means of espionage is not likely to stop with wire-tapping.

1952 W. R. Burnett Vanity Fair vi. 56 Chad Bayliss did not want to discuss anything as important..over his apartment house phone... There had been a rash of wire-tapping.

1999 C. Mendelson Home Comforts lxvi. 769/2 Wiretapping and other kinds of electronic eavesdropping may violate criminal statutes too.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wiretapping
释义	wiretappingn. Brit. /ˈwʌɪəˌtapɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwaɪ(ə)rˌtæpɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: wire n.¹, tapping n.¹ Etymology: < wire n.¹ + tapping n.¹ Compare later wiretap v. The action or practice of connecting to a telephone line or (formerly) a telegraph circuit in order to monitor conversations secretly. Cf. phone-tapping n. at phone n.² Compounds 2, telephone tapping n. at telephone n. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > electronic espionage > [noun] > of telephones, etc. wiretapping1878 listening-in1927 bugging1955 1878 Times 11 Jan. 6/5 In the current number of Chambers' Journal there is an interesting article on the telephone. The following extract illustrates the remarks of Professor Barrett on wire tapping. 1879 Racine (Wisconsin) Daily Herald 11 Feb. 3/3 This method of field telegraph does away with the dangers of wire tapping and cutting by the enemy. 1929 U.S. Rep. (Supreme Court) 277 474 The progress of science in furnishing the Government with means of espionage is not likely to stop with wire-tapping. 1952 W. R. Burnett Vanity Fair vi. 56 Chad Bayliss did not want to discuss anything as important..over his apartment house phone... There had been a rash of wire-tapping. 1999 C. Mendelson Home Comforts lxvi. 769/2 Wiretapping and other kinds of electronic eavesdropping may violate criminal statutes too. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1878
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