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wire-tap

wire-tap is the alternative form of wiretap.

Meaning of wiretap

Noun

wiretap (plural wiretaps)

  1. A connection installed on a telephone line or other communications system in order to allow a third party to conduct covert surveillance of conversations.

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Forms of wire-tap

Noun
pluralwire-taps
Verb
third-person singular presentwire-taps
present participlewire-tapping
past participlewire-tapped
pastwire-tapped

Questions about wire-tap

What is wire-tap the alternative form of?
Wire-tap is the alternative form of wiretap.

Words near wire-tap in the dictionary

  1. wire-fu
  2. wire-guard
  3. wire-guards
  4. wire-haired
  5. wire-heel
  6. wire-tap
  7. wire-tapped
  8. wire-tapping
  9. wire-taps
  10. wire-to-wire
  11. wire-wheel

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