wiretap

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Recent Examples of wiretap The car was rented under Blanchard’s name, which allowed detectives the access to wiretap his phone and track his every move. Time, 13 July 2023 Despite the technology’s potential for good, of course, there is a clear Orwellian thread in the idea of a future where bad actors can wiretap your brain. Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 26 May 2023 There were real-world flaws with the Russia investigation, especially how the F.B.I. botched applications to wiretap a former Trump campaign adviser. Charlie Savage, New York Times, 17 May 2023 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 See All Example Sentences for wiretap
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiretap
Verb
  • While deal-making is on the decline, nuclear energy firms are attractive to family offices looking to tap into the artificial intelligence boom, which will require immense power.
    Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This time producer Brad Ingelsby tapped Mark Ruffalo as a depressed and traumatized FBI agent leading a task force investigating a series of home invasions targeting drug dens in the area.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His not winning it was considered a failure, and that bugged him.
    Brody Miller, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The characters muse about the extreme likelihood that their apartments have been bugged.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Ohio State will have to find a way to spy Navarro and also mix some complicated coverages in the secondary, but also utilize the defensive line to keep Navarro in the pocket when passing plays break down.
    Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Myles Graham, Aaron Chiles and Jaden Robinson struggled to balance spying the mobile USF signal caller with upholding UF’s zone coverage on crossing routes.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Kizer – their father – was on the phone with her and overheard parts of the spat.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Our social voyeurism may have deep evolutionary roots The human fascination with watching others—whether through reality TV, Instagram stories or overheard drama—is often dismissed as nosiness.
    Clarissa Brincat, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2025

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“Wiretap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiretap. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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