wiretap

English

Etymology

wire +‎ tap

Noun

wiretap (plural wiretaps)

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.

Translations

a concealed device connected to a telephone or other communications system

• Bulgarian: бръмбар (bg) (brǎmbar) m
• Chinese: 竊聽器, 窃听器 (qiē tīng qì)
• Czech: štěnice (cs) f
• Finnish: salakuuntelulaite (fi), kuuntelulaite (fi)
• French: mouchard (fr) m, micro (fr) m, écoute (fr) f
• German: Wanze (de) f
• Greek: κοριός (el) (coriós) m

• Hebrew: מיקרופון (Microphon, lit. Microphone)
• Italian: cimice (it) f, microspia (it) f
• Japanese: 盗聴器 (ja) (tōchōki)
• Polish: pluskwa (pl) f
• Portuguese: (Brazil) grampo m
• Russian: жучок (ru) (žučók) m

the act of installing such a device

• French: pose (fr) / installation (fr) d'un mouchard (fr) m / d'un micro (fr) m / d'une écoute (fr) f

Verb

wiretap (third-person singular simple present wiretaps, present participle wiretapping, simple past and past participle wiretapped)

1. To install or to use such a device.

Translations

to install or to use such a device

• Finnish: asentaa salakuuntelulaite
• French: poser (fr) un mouchard (fr) / un micro (fr), mettre sur écoute (fr)
• German: verwanzen (de)
• Italian: spiare (it), intercettare (it)
• Japanese: 盗聴器を仕掛ける (ja) (tōchōki wo shikakeru)

• Mandarin: 安裝竊聽器 安装窃听器 (ān zhuāng qiē tīng qì)
• Polish: zakładać pluskwę
• Portuguese: (Brazil) grampear
• Slovene: namestiti prisluškovalno napravo

Derived terms

• wiretapper
• wiretapping

Anagrams

• tie wrap