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Recent Examples of wiretap
As attorney general, Robert Kennedy approved Hoover's request in 1963 to wiretap King amid concerns that King was associating with communists.
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Marc Caputo, Axios, 15 Feb. 2025
Bitdefender also manages programs that wiretap you through the microphone.
—PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2025
In that case, federal investigators obtained approval to wiretap his phone amid questions about $300,000 that wound up in bank accounts belonging to him and his wife.
—Jake Offenhartz and Karen Matthews, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
The agency has extraordinary power to wiretap Americans and engage in cyber espionage, and its leader has great influence over whether that power is abused.
Is this legal?
—Patrick Reis, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Marc Caputo, Axios, 15 Feb. 2025
Bitdefender also manages programs that wiretap you through the microphone.
—PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2025
In that case, federal investigators obtained approval to wiretap his phone amid questions about $300,000 that wound up in bank accounts belonging to him and his wife.
—Jake Offenhartz and Karen Matthews, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
The agency has extraordinary power to wiretap Americans and engage in cyber espionage, and its leader has great influence over whether that power is abused.
Is this legal?
—Patrick Reis, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiretap
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The resort tapped Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ambassadors of the Environment to lead their marine education and exploration program, and is a cut above other Maldives resorts for edu-oceanic activities.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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While looking to tap the angst felt by Democratic voters now, von Wilpert has been known as one of the more moderate members among the nine Democrats that make up the San Diego City Council.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
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Get clear about what’s bugging you.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
26 May 2026
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Woke up this morning, still kind of bugging me.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
26 May 2026
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More accolades followed, as Wyatt's steamy Bold entrance on a 2013 episode (being spied naked in an outdoor shower by Kim Matula's Hope Logan) announced a major new player in the soap's setting in the cutthroat Los Angeles fashion industry.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 May 2026
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But Southampton’s expulsion following the spying scandal has handed Middlesbrough an extraordinary reprieve — and the betting market has reacted in their favour.—
Dean Jones,
New York Times,
23 May 2026
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Just then, Daisy comes onto the bridge to offer the captain a cup of coffee and overhears Ben’s suggestion.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
26 May 2026
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The outlet also said correspondents overheard shots near the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
23 May 2026
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“Wiretap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiretap. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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