the illegal practice of listening to the calls or messages on another person’s phone, especially by accessing the voicemail without their knowledge or consent
Here are keydevelopments in the phonehackingscandalinvolvingsegments of Britain’s tabloidpress.
Synonyms and related words
Miscellaneous crimes
accession
agriterrorism
bigamy
phone hacking
noun uncountable British
US /ˈfoʊn ˌhækɪŋ/
or hacking
DEFINITIONS1
1
the illegal practice of listening to the calls or messages on another person’s phone, especially by accessing the voicemail without their knowledge or consent
Here are keydevelopments in the phonehackingscandalinvolvingsegments of Britain’s tabloidpress.