also wire-tap
(~s, ~ping, ~ped)
If someone ~s 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
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Wiretap is also a noun. (in BRIT, use tap )
...tapes of telephone conversations that can have been obtained only by illegal ~s.
N-COUNT
~ping
...allegations of ~ping.
N-UNCOUNT