transcription, транскрипция: [ waɪə(r)tæp ]
also wire-tap
( wiretaps, wiretapping, wiretapped)
If someone wiretaps your telephone, they attach a special device to the line so that they can secretly listen to your conversations. ( AM )
The coach said his club had wire-tapped the hotel room of a player during a road trip.
= bug
VERB : V n
•
Wiretap is also a noun. ( in BRIT, use tap )
...tapes of telephone conversations that can have been obtained only by illegal wiretaps.
N-COUNT
• wire‧tapping
...allegations of wiretapping.
N-UNCOUNT