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wiretapping

 noun
     
Related topics: Telephone, Telegraph
wire‧tap‧ping [uncountable]
TCT the action of secretly listening to other people's telephone conversations, by connecting something to the wires of their telephone
—wiretap noun [countable]
—wiretap verb [transitive]
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