WIRETAPPER


Meaning of WIRETAPPER in English

/wuyeur"tap'euhr/ , n.

1. a person who taps wires to learn the nature of messages passing over them.

2. a swindler who professes to have betting tips or other information from tapped telephone wires.

[ 1890-95; WIRE + TAPPER 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .