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[wahyuhr-tap] / ˈwaɪərˌtæp /








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In fact, conspirators were overheard on a wiretap saying they “wouldn’t trust Joe” to agree to their scheme.

From Barron's Oct. 17, 2025

The Swedish government has proposed new legislation that would allow police to wiretap children under the age of 15 in an attempt to grapple with the problem.

From BBC Apr. 30, 2025

While on their tour of duty, the judges decide on FBI requests to wiretap alleged foreign spies.

From Salon Mar. 13, 2025

But there was a question in the case about whether or not the warrantless wiretap that was undertaken in violation of state law could be included in the evidence in a federal trial.

From Slate Jan. 16, 2024

In all, the wiretap in "Harvey's Hole" recorded a staggering 433,000 conversations, giving America insight into the mind and plans of its main enemy.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

You typically have to have either wiretaps or recording in the rooms, or what appears to be the case here is a witness who is cooperating.

From Slate Jan. 7, 2026

The legal notifications, under the terms of the 1968 Federal Wiretap Act, are sent out routinely to people whose private communications have been captured on federal wiretaps.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 19, 2025

Nabu has been releasing new snippets of its investigation and wiretaps every day and on Tuesday it promised more would come.

From BBC Nov. 12, 2025

These mainly concerned the use of wiretaps of conversations involving "lawyers, journalists, bishops and even members of parliament".

From Barron's Oct. 21, 2025

At last, technicians reached the Soviet cables, carefully exposing the inner wires and grafting on the wiretaps.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

The anti-corruption bureau shared part of a wiretapped conversation as part of its case and said six more people had been identified as suspects.

From BBC May 12, 2026

The intelligence officers scribbled notes on wiretapped phone calls and typed thousands of pages of reports on opposition activities.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 29, 2025

The anti-corruption agency then gradually released a series of videos featuring wiretapped conversations of those implicated in the scheme.

From Barron's Nov. 13, 2025

People I knew and I, myself, were wiretapped and followed by FBI and military intelligence agents.

From Salon May 6, 2025

There's no psi on us but we may be wiretapped by BEB—lots of law offices are and trainees connected with them.

From The Psilent Partner by Peterson, John Victor

Four people have been found guilty and given jail terms by a Greek court after a wiretapping scandal shook the country in 2022.

From BBC Feb. 26, 2026

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.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 20, 2025

Assuming they’d followed the law, arranging such surveillance would have involved a number of legal and technical steps, including securing a wiretapping warrant.

From Salon Jun. 25, 2025

Federal law is focused on preventing wiretapping, mandating that at least one party to the call knows that it’s being recorded.

From Slate Oct. 31, 2024

Saidy suggested that there was an actual plot to keep Fischer from becoming World Champion, and this involved the wiretapping of his parents’ phone.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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