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verbtap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
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nounthe act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
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- tapper someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire
- phone tapper someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire
- wiretapper someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire
- f.i.s.c. a secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies
- foreign intelligence surveillance court a secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies