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phone hacking

phone hacking noun: the act of intercepting and listening in on telephone calls or voicemail messages without the consent of the parties who are speaking.

Noun

phone hacking (uncountable)

  1. The act of intercepting and listening in on telephone calls or voicemail messages without the consent of the parties who are speaking.

Questions about phone hacking

What does phone hacking mean?
Phone hacking means the act of intercepting and listening in on telephone calls or voicemail messages without the consent of the parties who are speaking.
What part of speech is phone hacking?
Phone hacking is a noun.

Words near phone hacking in the dictionary

  1. phone calls
  2. phone card
  3. phone cards
  4. phone case
  5. phone cases
  6. phone hacking
  7. phone home
  8. phone in
  9. phone jack
  10. phone jacks
  11. phone jail

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