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. National Intelligence James Clapper:

   For the part of the national security apparatus that I oversaw as DNI, there was no such wiretap activity mounted against the President-elect at the time, or as a candidate, or against his campaign.

2. 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.

3. Rudolph Giuliani:

   For a long time we've been told there was some kind of infiltration, at one time, the president thought it was a wiretap.

4. Sandra Doorley:

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

5. Paul Ryan:

   The intelligence committees, in their continuing, widening, ongoing investigations of all things Russia, got to the bottom -- at least so far with respect to our intelligence community -- that no such wiretap existed.