phone tapping
noun
Definition of phone tapping
British
: the act of secretly placing a microphone inside a telephone in order to hear and record private conversations
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phoneplay
: a speech sound considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the sound system of a language
: telephone
: earphone
: telephone
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