wiretapper

noun

wire·tap·per ˈwī(-ə)r-ˌta-pər

: one that taps telephone or telegraph wires or signals

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web On the small screen, season 5 of The Crown imagines that the cozy call was intercepted by a wandering wiretapper in real time and sold for profit. —

Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2022 But Johnson held back some details, notably anything about the wiretapping, including the wiretapper's name. —

AZCentral.com, 3 Dec. 2019 Even with the session key, wiretappers would still need to collect a full copy of the encrypted call, which can be a significant challenge. —

Russell Brandom, The Verge, 20 Aug. 2018 Even with the session key, wiretappers would still need to collect a full copy of the encrypted call, which can be a significant challenge. —

Russell Brandom, The Verge, 20 Aug. 2018 Rather, as Walter Murch, the film’s sound editor (and crucial collaborator), points out, Coppola chose to focus the entire film on what in a standard thriller would be a minor character, the wiretapper, some guy who drops off the tapes and leaves. —

Jonathan Kirshner, Slate Magazine, 22 June 2017 Northwest Dance Network SAT Dance lesson, 7:30 p.m., dance to music with The Wiretappers, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Leif Erikson Lodge, 2245 N.W. 57th St., Seattle; $10-$15 (206-781-1238 or nwdance.net). —

Madeline Mckenzie, The Seattle Times, 4 May 2017 No, the first single from Calexico’s newest effort Carried to Dust, out September 2 from Quarterstick Records, is more interested in codebreakers, wiretappers, airplane graveyards and other postmodern metaphors. —

Scott Thill, WIRED, 15 Aug. 2008 Not surprising, then, that tech-minded people would have a connection with the NSA, the nation's largest agency of defense and anti-terrorism codebreakers and wiretappers. —

Jennifer Peebles, ajc, 6 June 2017 See More

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