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wiretap
noun as in surveillance
Strongest matches
care, control, examination, inspection, scrutiny, supervision, vigilance
Strong matches
bug, direction, eye, lookout, spying, stakeout, superintendence, tab, tail, tap, track, vigil, watch
Weak matches
verb as in eavesdrop
Weak matches
verb as in investigate
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consider, examine, explore, inspect, interrogate, probe, question, review, scrutinize, search, study
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bug, case, delve, dig, eyeball, frisk, inquire, muckrake, poke, prospect, pry, read, reconnoiter, research, scout, sift, spy, tap
Weak matches
be all ears, check out, check over, check up, feel out, give the once-over, go into, inquisite, listen in, look into, look over, make inquiry, nose around, put to the test, run down, stake out
verb as in pry
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Strong matches
bug, gape, gaze, hunt, inquire, intrude, investigate, meddle, nose, peek, peep, peer, ransack, reconnoiter, rubberneck, search, snoop, spy, stare, tap
Weak matches
be a busybody, be all ears, be curious, be inquisitive, be nosy, ferret out, listen in, poke nose into, tune in on
Example Sentences
Obsessed with destroying King’s reputation, Hoover ordered the wiretapping of King’s home and hotel rooms, collecting reels of tape documenting the leader’s extramarital affairs.
They don't produce mobsters like they used to, Giancarlo Romano told an associate in a wiretapped conversation before he was shot dead a year ago.
The hackers have also accessed a database of phone numbers subject to law enforcement wiretaps – knowledge that experts say could be used to discover which foreign spies are under surveillance.
Flynn also admitted he lied to the FBI about communications with Russia in order to protect Trump, a performative ‘admission’ since the FBI already had him on a wiretap doing what he claimed he hadn’t.
She details evidence gained through wiretaps, police infiltrators and witnesses – some of which her office has made public.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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