Associations to the word «Wiretap»

Wiktionary

WIRETAP, noun. A concealed device connected to a telephone or other communications system that allows a third party to listen or record conversations.
WIRETAP, noun. The act of installing such a device.
WIRETAP, verb. To install or to use such a device.

Dictionary definition

WIRETAP, noun. The act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information.
WIRETAP, verb. Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats