Synonyms for wiretap
ˈwaɪərˌtæpwire·tap

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1. wiretap, tapverb

   the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information

   Synonyms:
   water tap, spigot, strike, pat, water faucet, hydrant, dab, rap, tap

2. wiretap, tap, intercept, bugverb

   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?"

   Synonyms:
   solicit, tease, exploit, tip, rap, badger, tap, pink, knock, intercept, bug, beg, tapdance, stop, beleaguer, pester

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1. List of paraphrases for "wiretap":

   eavesdropping, wiretapping, bugging

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1. Devin Nunes:

   We need to figure out what happened here, there's a lot of unanswered question. I just don't want anybody jumping to any conclusion on any side of this, other than the fact that we know that Obama didn't physically wiretap Trump Tower, but everything else is still ... there's a lot of unknowns.

2. Dilma Rousseff:

   This was illegal, only the Supreme Court has the authority to wiretap a president.

3. Sandra Doorley:

   During the course of that wiretap investigation, the evidence led us to Timothy Granison.

4. Devin Nunes:

   The president doesn’t go and physically wiretap something, but the other issue out there is the unmasking of names, the leaking of names. That happened to [former National Security Adviser] Michael Flynn. The concern we have is: Are there any other surveillance activities in the unmasking of names?

5. David Garrow:

   When you have a wiretap on someone you pick up all sorts of dreck. But in terms of the political history that ironically the FBI has created for us, it's a wonderful resource.