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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
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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
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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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
She details evidence gained through wiretaps, police infiltrators and witnesses – some of which her office has made public.
Prosecutors say Johnny Martinez was caught on a wiretap boasting of several murders, but he still has prominent voices calling for his release, including two L.A.
Prosecutors say Martinez was caught on a wiretap threatening to have someone shot in the head and boasting of several murders.
According to the memo, dated April 26, Los Angeles police brought a case to prosecutors in January, requesting that they charge Vasquez and Leon with illegally recording a conversation and wiretapping.
The day Edmundo González was plucked from obscurity and chosen to take on South America’s longest ruling authoritarian leader, technicians were busy making sure his home was not wiretapped.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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