Wiretap

Noun

 * 1) A concealed device connected to a telephone or other communications system that allows a third party to listen or record conversations.
 * 2) The act of installing such a device.

Verb

 * 1) To install or to use such a device.

Thesaurus
attend, attend to, auscultate, be all ears, bend an ear, bug, bugging, cloak-and-dagger work, cock the ears, counterespionage, counterintelligence, eavesdrop, electronic surveillance, espial, espionage, examine by ear, following, give attention, give audience to, give ear, hark, hear, hear out, hearken, heed, intelligence, intelligence work, intercept, lend an ear, listen, listen at, listen in, listen to, military intelligence, observation, secret police, secret service, shadowing, sit in on, spying, stakeout, surveillance, tailing, tap, trailing, wiretapping

Noun

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese: 竊聽器, 窃听器 (qiē tīng qì)
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: salakuuntelulaite,kuuntelulaite
 * French:, micro, écoute
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * : מיקרופון (Microphon, lit. Microphone)
 * Italian:, microspia
 * Japanese: 盗聴器
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: grampo
 * Russian:


 * French: /  d'un  / d'un micro / d'une écoute

Verb

 * : 安裝竊聽器 安装窃听器 (ān zhuāng qiē tīng qì)
 * Finnish: asentaa salakuuntelulaite
 * French: un  / un ,
 * German:
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese: 盗聴器を仕掛ける
 * Polish: zakładać pluskwę
 * Portuguese: grampear
 * Slovene: namestiti prisluškovalno napravo

Derived terms

 * wiretapper
 * wiretapping

Anagrams

 * tie wrap