Thesaurus results for WIRETAPPING

wiretapping 1 of 2

noun

as in eavesdropping

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wiretapping

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verb

present participle of wiretap

as in tapping

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At the state level, he is accused of wiretapping and witness intimidation. — Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 Later that year, he was charged with wiretapping, and although authorities did not offer more details, local journalists have reported that the alleged wiretapping was meant to monitor the investigation of his mother. — James Lasdun, New Yorker, 26 May 2026 Under the plan, FISA, which allows warrantless wiretapping of noncitizens, would be extended for three years, with new oversight guardrails and penalties for abusing the spy tool. — Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2026 Michael Gagnon was charged with unlawful wiretapping and violating an abuse prevention order. — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026 The two men planted themselves at the bedside of the ailing Attorney General John Ashcroft to block Bush administration officials from making an end run to get Ashcroft’s permission to reauthorize a secret no-warrant wiretapping program. — Eric Tucker, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026 In the decades since, multiple presidents have relied on that congressional mandate to justify a grab bag of military counterterrorism activities, including the detention of people who had not been convicted of a crime at Guantanamo Bay and the secret wiretapping of Americans. — Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026 So prosecutors are being forced to try other methods to establish who fired the gun, including phone tracing, interviews and wiretapping. — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 22 Feb. 2026 Past disputes have included Australian intelligence wiretapping accusations involving Indonesia's former president, the execution of Australian drug smugglers and tensions over people smuggling. — Niniek Karmini, Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026

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Noun

OpenAI’s forthcoming device, rumored to be a portable smart speaker, could encounter similar eavesdropping concerns.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2026
It was mostly shot at night on rooftops in Tel Aviv to avoid Israeli eavesdropping and protect its subjects.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of eavesdropping

Noun

Criminal charges against the ICE officer who drove the vehicle are being considered by the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, after surveillance footage contradicted ICE’s claim that Parra Hernandez stepped in front of the vehicle.

— Lekan Oyekanmi, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Witness statements and video surveillance showed Lindo drawing a black handgun during an argument involving several individuals, including a professional UFC fighter.

— Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of surveillance

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The team sees potential applications in urban delivery and long-distance reconnaissance across rough terrain, where speed, maneuverability, and obstacle clearance are important.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
China has since created spacecraft for communications; navigation; and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance that would have been unimaginable to PLA officials who observed Desert Storm.

— Kathleen Curlee, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of reconnaissance

Verb

It is understood Kering plans to build on the foundation left by Vaccarello, also spying additional opportunities in jewelry.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
Invariably, the goal of this kind of espionage is to help key sectors in the spying country rapidly replicate or surpass American advances.

— DAVID S. COHEN, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of spying

Noun

The songs on Purdy also have the tone of journal entries, detailing haggard trips to the grocery store, daydreams about his young daughters’ glamorous adult lives, and observations about the banality of oppression.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Matt Schnaars, president of platform distribution and partnerships for NBCUniversal, reinforced Shapiro’s observations in a separate session.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of observation

Verb

September was the first month that Iran loaded no crude onto tankers since maritime data tracking service Kpler began monitoring Iranian exports in 2013.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026
According to Iran Human Rights Monitor, the force has evolved into a powerful internal security institution involved in suppressing anti-government demonstrations, monitoring political activity and enforcing the regime's ideological restrictions.

— Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of monitoring

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