Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun wiretap

1 sense of wiretap

Sense 1
wiretap, tap -- (the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information)
       => investigation, investigating -- (the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb wiretap

1 sense of wiretap

Sense 1
wiretap, tap, intercept, bug -- (tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?")
       => listen in, eavesdrop -- (listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations")