Meaning

1 senses

  1. To install or to use such a connection.

    verwanzen

More definitions
  • tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information

Examples

4 sentences

  1. You don't need to worry about wiretapping.

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  2. Sami's phones were wiretapped.

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  3. The FBI secretly wiretapped the criminal's room.

    deDas FBI verwanzte das Zimmer des Kriminellen heimlich.

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  4. Parliament members had a raucous argument over the Wiretapping Law.

    ruСреди членов парламента разгорелся бурный спор в связи с законом о прослушивании телефонных разговоров.

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Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to install or to use such a device:

Origin

Back-formation from wiretapper; or else wire + tap

Back-formation from wiretapper; or else wire + tap

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Forms

wiretaps, wiretapping, wiretapped, wiretapped
Base formwiretap · to wiretap
3rd person singularwiretaps
Present participlewiretapping
Past simplewiretapped
Past participlewiretapped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywiretap
he, she, itwiretaps

Past simpleLesson

all personswiretapped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave wiretapped
he, she, ithas wiretapped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wiretap

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relatedwiretapper
Derivedwiretappedwiretapping

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wireB1wirelesswiringwirywisdomA2wiseA2
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