wiretapped

verb

past tense of wiretap
as in tapped

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  1. tapped
  2. bugged
  3. overheard
  4. monitored
Verb
  • Earlier this year, Blumhouse Atomic tapped Sam Zimmerman as as SVP, development and acquisitions, to oversee a genre slate of projects under $5 million.
    — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Kardashian, who will reprise her role as divorce attorney Allura Grant, tapped Ashi Studio for a custom premiere look that mirrored the show’s more-is-more ethos.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of tapped
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  • And as the team moved into the couple’s guest house on their San Diego rental property, the filmmakers feared that the home was bugged and ordered a device to try to de-bug it, without success.
    — Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
  • He’s bugged Jay — the two met online and married two years ago before opening their first restaurant last year — to make sure that includes his crispy duck panang curry.
    — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of bugged
Verb
  • The server overheard some of their conversation and told them Southern Belle’s was for sale.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
  • One of the most powerful conceits in the book occurs when the two leave an airport venue and readers get the perspective of a person who served or overheard them.
    — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of overheard
Verb
  • This discipline focuses on how models and agents are orchestrated, contextualized, governed, monitored and managed throughout their lifecycle.
    — Lakshmanan Alagappan, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • In a letter that year to Moore, the agency’s secretary, EPA Region 1 administrator David Cash noted that the EPA had monitored the situation in Vermont for well over a decade.
    — Jonathan Mingle, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2026
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