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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
Strongest matches
consider, examine, explore, inspect, interrogate, probe, question, review, scrutinize, search, study
Strong matches
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
Strongest match
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
Schmidt and the company are accused of violating the California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act, and a section of the state penal code that prohibits wiretapping.
The notifications are routine in wiretap investigations once surveillance ends, but the letters set off a wave of panic across California’s political power structure.
The anti-corruption agency then gradually released a series of videos featuring wiretapped conversations of those implicated in the scheme.
Nabu has been releasing new snippets of its investigation and wiretaps every day and on Tuesday it promised more would come.
Sometimes, the feds couldn’t either: One informant, resting his legs on the desk of mob boss Joey Merlino, had the wire to the wiretap hanging from the bottom of his pants leg.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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