wiretaps

present tense third-person singular of wiretap

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiretaps
Verb
  • The Her Smell director (and, relevantly, former Kim’s Video clerk) fully taps into his dark side for this sadistic little number about a community terrorized by a child-abducting serial killer.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
  • And yet, Doja continuously taps the well while adapting it to her own aesthetic, moving fluidly between sweet harmonies and nimble raps in classic Doja form.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • At the end of the 19th century, Phylloxera bugs infected vineyards across Europe but a solution was found, and viticulture adapted and continued.
    Miguel A. Torres, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The singer admitted that he bugs Brown and his son for constant updates on the baby girl.
    Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When Leo first spies the orphaned Josie singing on a Boston street corner, he’s struck by her resemblance to the Pendleton family, his father’s former employers and the victims of great tragedy when their baby was kidnapped in 1880.
    EW.com, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Wiretaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiretaps. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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