wiretap

English

Etymology

Back-formation from wiretapper; or else wire +‎ tap

Noun

wiretap (plural wiretaps)

A connection installed on a telephone line or other communications system in order to allow a third party to conduct covert surveillance of conversations.

Translations

covert connection

Bulgarian: бръ́мбар (bg) m (brǎ́mbar)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 竊聽器／窃听器 (zh) (qiētīngqì)
Czech: štěnice (cs) f
Finnish: salakuuntelulaite, kuuntelulaite (fi)
French: mouchard (fr) m, micro (fr) m, écoute (fr) f
Georgian: მოსასმენი მოწყობილობა (mosasmeni moc̣q̇obiloba), ფარული მოსმენის ელექტრონული მოწყობილობა (paruli mosmenis elekṭronuli moc̣q̇obiloba)
German: Wanze (de) f
Greek: κοριός (el) m (koriós)
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} מִיקְרוֹפוֹן‎ (he) m (mikrófon) (microphone)
Italian: cimice (it) f, microspia f
Japanese: 盗聴器 (とうちょうき, tōchōki)
Korean: 도청 장치 (docheong jangchi)
Polish: pluskwa (pl) f
Portuguese: grampo (pt) m (Brazil)
Russian: жучо́к (ru) m (žučók), подслу́шивающее устро́йство n (podslúšivajuščeje ustrójstvo)
Swedish: telefonavlyssning (sv) c

Verb

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

To install or to use such a connection.

Translations

to install or to use such a device

Dutch: aftappen (nl)
Finnish: asentaa salakuuntelulaite, salakuunnella
French: poser (fr) un mouchard (fr), un micro (fr), mettre sur écoute
Georgian: სატელეფონო საუბრების მოსმენა (saṭelepono saubrebis mosmena), სატელეფონო საუბრებზე მიყურადება (saṭelepono saubrebze miq̇uradeba)
German: verwanzen (de)
Italian: spiare (it), intercettare (it)
Japanese: 盗聴器を仕掛ける (tōchōki wo shikakeru)
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 安裝竊聽器／安装窃听器, ^{(please verify)} 安装窃听器 (ān zhuāng qiē tīng qì)
Polish: zakładać pluskwę
Portuguese: (Brazil) grampear (pt)
Slovene: namestiti prisluškovalno napravo
Swedish: telefonavlyssna

Derived terms

wiretapper
wiretapping

Anagrams

prewait, tie wrap