tap
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8.4
- noun
- /tæp/
- If it keeps happening, we'll have a tap put on your phone, okay?
- phone tap
- telephone tap
- FBI phone tap
Examples
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You had the phone tap put in yourself because you couldn't get them to do it.
Fiction book (2001) -
My engineers say the audio tap should be ready to field test in six months.
Fiction book (1996) -
OK, so now what has subsequently happened is that the FBI have picked up on a phone tap that they've got in Boston, MA.
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It's the reason why you're being watched right now, why there are eyes and ears in every room of this house - and a tap on every phone.
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A security tap uncovered by the NOPD... clearly proves that Gerard did not kill Alan Marsh... and, in fact, was trying to defend himself when Marsh attacked him on the walkway... under the Broad Street overpass.
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The police installed a tap on his phone to gather evidence for the investigation.
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The government authorized a tap on her communications as part of the surveillance operation.
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During the trial, the lawyer presented a recording obtained from a tap of the defendant's phone calls.
Synonyms
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7.5
Secretly listening to phone calls to get private information
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
5
3.5
A person who makes music by hitting the floor with metal plates on their shoes while moving their feet
A dance where dancers make rhythmic sounds by hitting the floor with metal plates on their shoes
How Invasive
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7.5
26
8.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tap as a noun for secret listening names the device or act of taking information from a line, so a tap on a phone means someone is listening in.