wiretap
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈwaɪərˌtæp/
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intervención telefónica
- The judge approved the wiretap request after reviewing the evidence presented by the investigators.
- wiretap warrant
- wiretaps and other surveillance
- federal wiretap
For example, I want to do a wiretap on so and so's house in Dearborn, MI.
- For example, I want to do a wiretap on so and so's house in Dearborn, MI.
- What I am against is the FBI lying to get a wiretap.
Examples
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We just picked up Lefty on a wiretap talking to one of Trafficante's guys.
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But from the wiretap, we know where the mule's going.
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As relevant to this situation, the Federal Wiretap Act states that any person who
Blog text (7) -
Case one never got made without an illegal wiretap.
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OK, what we are looking at here is a list of every wiretap and bug that was put on Martin Luther King.
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What were you doing with wiretaps in that house?
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The big issue, of course, is the admissibility of the wiretap evidence that proved so effective for the prosecution.
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Millions of dollars in taxpayers' money wasted on things like wiretaps and surveillance.
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No requests for wiretaps were turned down in 2009 out of 2,376.
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The USA Patriot Act gives the government new surveillance powers on the Internet and expands federal wiretap privileges.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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8.4
Secret listening to someone's phone calls
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Etymology
The word wiretap comes from wire ('a thin metal thread used in phone lines') and tap ('to make a small connection to get something'). So a wiretap is the act of secretly making that connection to listen to private calls.