单词	wiretap
释义	wiretap /ˈwʌɪətap / noun 1An act of using a listening device to conduct surveillance, typically over a phone line: illegal wiretaps of leading politicians [as modifier]: secret wiretap recordings... A 27-day telephone wiretap in Maryland averaged 358 intercepts per day. Wiretaps were "essential to the success of the investigation." The U.S. government is proposing to expand wiretap design laws broadly to Internet services, including voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services and other peer-to- peer tools. 1.1A listening device used to conduct surveillance, typically one connected to a phone line: after putting a wiretap on the phone of the pizzeria, agents searched shipments bound for the warehouse verb (wiretaps, wiretapping, wiretapped) [with object] Use a listening device to conduct surveillance on: the government illegally wiretapped the lawyers... If any American citizen was to be wiretapped, the authorities had to go to the special FlSA court to get a warrant. A very high number of private telephone communications are wiretapped under police investigations. Wiretapped recordings obtained pursuant to Title III are ordinarily exempt from disclosure under Exemption 3. Derivatives wiretapper /ˈwʌɪətapə / noun
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