bugged
Example Sentences
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They knew every room was bugged, every driver was an informant, every bit of luggage was open to query.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Now it has become a museum called Trent Park House of Secrets, which highlights the role of the team of German speakers, most of them Jewish refugees, who transcribed titbits from the prisoners' bugged conversations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
But increasingly, I find myself getting bugged by a lot of things, no matter how trivial they are in the grand scheme.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
He noticed that many directors kept a personal mobile phone as well as a work phone, because they feared the Harrods phone might be bugged.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024
It bugged Emma that Natalie had been at the Greystones’ house without Chess, Emma, and Finn.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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