wiretappingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈwaɪəˌtæp.ɪŋ/us/ˈwaɪrˌtæp.ɪŋ/the action of secretly listening to other people's conversations by connecting a listening device to their phone:
If he suspected an employee of dishonesty, he was not above wiretapping.
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International relations: spying and espionage
- agent
- agent provocateur
- counter-espionage
- counterintelligence
- deep state
- intelligence
- MI5
- MI6
- on the inside idiom
- operative
- phone tapping
- scout
- snoop
- spook
- spy
- spy on sb/sth
- tail
- tap
- the CIA
- wired up
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