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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
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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
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
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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
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.
In its 700-page decision overturning the convictions, the court also found that some of the wiretaps used to open a formal investigation into Uribe had been obtained illegally.
On Tuesday, an appeals chamber found there had been insufficient evidence against Uribe, that wiretaps used in the trial had been illegally conducted, and that the trial judge had committed errors of "methodology."
These mainly concerned the use of wiretaps of conversations involving "lawyers, journalists, bishops and even members of parliament".
In fact, conspirators were overheard on a wiretap saying they “wouldn’t trust Joe” to agree to their scheme.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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