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Definition of wiretappingnext
as in eavesdropping

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verb

present participle of wiretap
as in tapping

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  1. eavesdropping
  2. surveillance
  3. reconnaissance
  4. observation
Noun
  • Later, Marlinspike met with the company’s other cofounder, Jan Koum, who had grown up in Soviet Ukraine under the constant threat of KGB eavesdropping.
    Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 31 July 2016
  • Instead, expect closed-door negotiations where no one’s eavesdropping.
    Greg Engle, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of eavesdropping
Noun
  • Officers identified them from surveillance footage.
    Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Those who witnessed the accident or have surveillance video or other relevant information have been asked to contact the NTSB at witness@ntsb.gov.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of surveillance
Noun
  • In 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis began when a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance aircraft captured photographic evidence of Soviet medium-range ballistic missiles in Cuba.
    Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The first defensive measures to appear in Russian reconnaissance drones were small backward-facing cameras.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of reconnaissance
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  • Listen to this article BOULDER — Initial observations from CU’s 49-24 win over Utah in Big 12 action at Folsom Field on Saturday.
    Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Newsletter Ever since the ancient Greeks first made observations of the circular Moon and the skies, scientists have known that the Earth is a sphere.
    Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of observation
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