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wiretap
noun as in surveillance
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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
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verb as in investigate
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consider, examine, explore, inspect, interrogate, probe, question, review, scrutinize, search, study
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bug, case, delve, dig, eyeball, frisk, inquire, muckrake, poke, prospect, pry, read, reconnoiter, research, scout, sift, spy, tap
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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
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bug, gape, gaze, hunt, inquire, intrude, investigate, meddle, nose, peek, peep, peer, ransack, reconnoiter, rubberneck, search, snoop, spy, stare, tap
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be a busybody, be all ears, be curious, be inquisitive, be nosy, ferret out, listen in, poke nose into, tune in on
Example Sentences
They do not, however, include the agency’s nefarious wiretaps of King that are scheduled for release in 2027.
Assuming they’d followed the law, arranging such surveillance would have involved a number of legal and technical steps, including securing a wiretapping warrant.
The Bush administration authorized the National Security Agency to wiretap the phone conversations of American citizens without court orders.
An investigation into the firings unearthed an even more alarming detail: the aides had been outed by a warrantless wiretap.
He considered wiretaps on reporters, tax audits and contesting TV station licenses.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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