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Definition of wiretap
intransitive verb
: to tap a telephone or telegraph wire or cellular signal in order to get information
transitive verb
: to tap the telephone of
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Examples of wiretap in a Sentence
The FBI wiretapped his phone.
Recent Examples of wiretap from the Web
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Investigators from a Drug Enforcement Task Force began their probe of the organization using buys and wiretaps stemming back to October 2016, a criminal complaint filed by a DEA task force member read.
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Three and half months after agents began listening in on Dougherty’s cell phone, the FBI obtained court approval to wiretap the city councilman and Crawford.
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In 2015, Macedonia’s conservative government was accused of using the national security services to wiretap up to 20,000 people for its own political gain.
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One of the recordings released after a fight with Congress and the courts revealed the president’s involvement in attempts to stymie an investigation into an attempt to wiretap the Democratic National Committee.
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The F.B.I. director is also expected to comment on the president’s baseless claim that President Barack Obama colluded with the British government to illegally wiretap Trump Tower after the election—
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The F.B.I. director is also expected to comment on the president’s baseless claim that President Barack Obama colluded with the British government to illegally wiretap Trump Tower after the election—
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There are transcripts of a conversation in at least one phone call, recorded by American intelligence agencies that wiretap foreign diplomats, which may determine Mr. Flynn’s future.
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First Known Use of wiretap
1918
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Definition of wiretap
1 : the act or an instance of wiretapping
2 : an electrical connection for wiretapping
Examples of wiretap in a Sentence
Federal agents put a wiretap on his phone.
Investigators listened to the wiretaps for clues about the suspect's whereabouts.
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Two Kansas City-area attorneys, Adam Crane and David Johnson, have sued CoreCivic and the prison’s telephone provider, Securus Technologies, accusing the firms of violating state wiretap laws by recording their conversations with clients.
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At least a half-dozen agents were involved in the case, which used stakeouts, confidential informants, search warrants and wiretaps to gather evidence against these desperados.
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In 1968, Congress passed the Wiretap Act, which had at its core a simple idea: Wiretaps should be used to catch serious criminals, not petty offenders.
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Walters argued the leaks were designed to prod targets to incriminate themselves after a wiretap on Walters’s phone failed to turn up evidence.
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Neither has made any real attempt to reconcile after Trump accused Obama of ordering wiretaps at his skyscraper in New York.
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The next day was his fateful tweet about President Barack Obama conducting a wiretap of Trump Tower during the campaign, an allegation that was widely debunked.
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The spot also comes amid a Chicago Tribune story published Wednesday that Pritzker and Blagojevich were captured on a wiretap in 2008 discussing potential political appointments as the FBI investigated Blagojevich for corruption.
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Court records outline an investigation that involved several FBI wiretaps and a series of undercover heroin purchases by FBI sources during 2014.
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First Known Use of wiretap
1907
WIRETAP Defined for English Language Learners
wiretap
playDefinition of wiretap for English Language Learners
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: to place a device on (someone's phone) in order to secretly listen to telephone calls
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Definition of wiretap for English Language Learners
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: a device that allows someone to secretly listen to phone conversations
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: a conversation that has been recorded using a wiretap
Law Dictionary
Legal Definition of wiretap
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wiretapping
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Legal Definition of wiretap
1 : an act or instance of wiretapping we have held previously that wiretaps are a form of a search — Whack v. State, 615 A.2d 1226 (1992)
2 : an electrical connection for wiretapping — compare pen register
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