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Meaning of "wiretapped" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WIRETAPPED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WIRETAPPED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wiretapped is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb wiretapped in English.

WHAT DOES WIRETAPPED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

wiretapped

Telephone tapping

Telephone tapping is the monitoring of telephone and Internet conversations by a third party, often by covert means. The wire tap received its name because, historically, the monitoring connection was an actual electrical tap on the telephone line. Legal wiretapping by a government agency is also called lawful interception. Passive wiretapping monitors or records the traffic, while active wiretapping alters or otherwise affects it.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WIRETAPPED

PRESENT

Present
I wiretap
you wiretap
he/she/it wiretaps
we wiretap
you wiretap
they wiretap
Present continuous
I am wiretapping
you are wiretapping
he/she/it is wiretapping
we are wiretapping
you are wiretapping
they are wiretapping
Present perfect
I have wiretapped
you have wiretapped
he/she/it has wiretapped
we have wiretapped
you have wiretapped
they have wiretapped
Present perfect continuous
I have been wiretapping
you have been wiretapping
he/she/it has been wiretapping
we have been wiretapping
you have been wiretapping
they have been wiretapping
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I wiretapped
you wiretapped
he/she/it wiretapped
we wiretapped
you wiretapped
they wiretapped
Past continuous
I was wiretapping
you were wiretapping
he/she/it was wiretapping
we were wiretapping
you were wiretapping
they were wiretapping
Past perfect
I had wiretapped
you had wiretapped
he/she/it had wiretapped
we had wiretapped
you had wiretapped
they had wiretapped
Past perfect continuous
I had been wiretapping
you had been wiretapping
he/she/it had been wiretapping
we had been wiretapping
you had been wiretapping
they had been wiretapping
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will wiretap
you will wiretap
he/she/it will wiretap
we will wiretap
you will wiretap
they will wiretap
Future continuous
I will be wiretapping
you will be wiretapping
he/she/it will be wiretapping
we will be wiretapping
you will be wiretapping
they will be wiretapping
Future perfect
I will have wiretapped
you will have wiretapped
he/she/it will have wiretapped
we will have wiretapped
you will have wiretapped
they will have wiretapped
Future perfect continuous
I will have been wiretapping
you will have been wiretapping
he/she/it will have been wiretapping
we will have been wiretapping
you will have been wiretapping
they will have been wiretapping
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would wiretapped
you would wiretapped
he/she/it would wiretapped
we would wiretapped
you would wiretapped
they would wiretapped
Conditional continuous
I would be wiretapping
you would be wiretapping
he/she/it would be wiretapping
we would be wiretapping
you would be wiretapping
they would be wiretapping
Conditional perfect
I would have wiretapped
you would have wiretapped
he/she/it would have wiretapped
we would have wiretapped
you would have wiretapped
they would have wiretapped
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been wiretapping
you would have been wiretapping
he/she/it would have been wiretapping
we would have been wiretapping
you would have been wiretapping
they would have been wiretapping
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you wiretap
we let´s wiretap
you wiretap
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to wiretap
Past participle
wiretapped
Present Participle
wiretapping
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WIRETAPPED

wireless telegraph
wireless telegraphy
wireless telephone
wireless telephony
wirelike
wireman
wiremen
wirephoto
wirepuller
wirepulling
wirer
wiretap
wiretapper
wiretapping
wirewalker
wireway
wirework
wireworker
wireworks
wireworm

WORDS THAT END LIKE WIRETAPPED

capped
handicapped
happed
kidnapped
mapped
mentally handicapped
overlapped
rapped
recapped
scrapped
slapped
snapped
stopped
strapped
swapped
tapped
trapped
uncapped
untapped
unwrapped
wrapped

Synonyms and antonyms of wiretapped in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wiretapped» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WIRETAPPED

Find out the translation of wiretapped to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wiretapped from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wiretapped» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

窃听
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

wiretapped
570 millions of speakers

English

wiretapped
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

wiretapped
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التنصت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прослушку
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grampeado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

wiretapped
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sur écoute
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Wiretapped
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

abgehört
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

盗聴
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

도청
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wiretapped
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

wiretapped
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உளவுபார்த்தலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वायरॅप्ड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dinlendiğini
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

intercettato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podsłuchu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прослушку
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sub ascultare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

wiretapped
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wiretapped
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avlyssnat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

wiretapped
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wiretapped

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WIRETAPPED»

The term «wiretapped» is regularly used and occupies the 101.234 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WIRETAPPED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «wiretapped» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «wiretapped» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wiretapped

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QUOTES WITH «WIRETAPPED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word wiretapped.
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Farrah Fawcett
Have I been wiretapped? Yes. But who they said wiretapped me was incorrect.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WIRETAPPED»

Discover the use of wiretapped in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wiretapped and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The American Way of War: Guided Missiles, Misguided Men, and ...
“Kissinger wiretapped at least a dozen—perhaps more—of his closest colleagues,” Morris recalls. “We still don't know the whole story because many of those documents are classified. He wiretapped my closest friend and associate on the staff ...
Eugene Jarecki, 2008
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Expanded Powers: The FBI, the NSA, and the Struggle Between ...
For example, they wiretapped the Soviet embassy in Washington, bugged the office of the Soviet Government Purchasing Commission, wiretapped the office of Soviet consular officer Peter Ivanov, wiretapped the headquarters of the U.S. ...
Athan Theoharis, 2011
3
Reasonableness and Law
For instance, let us consider a problem now being discussed by the Italian legislature: a very high number of private telephone communications are wiretapped under police investigations, and the content of such communications often winds ...
Giorgio Bongiovanni, Giovanni Sartor, Chiara Valentini, 2009
4
The Civil Liberties Legacy of Harry S. Truman:
Coplon's attorney thereupon filed a discovery motion to ascertain whether Coplon had been wiretapped. When denying this motion, the presiding judge endorsed the U.S. attorney's dismissal of this request as a “fishing expedition.” During ...
Richard S. Kirkendall, 2012
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Jet
FBI. Infiltrated,. Wiretapped. Black. Muslims: Report. By Simeon Booker JET Washington Bureau Chief The late FBI director J. Edgar Hoover carried on a vendetta against the Nation of Islam as viciously as he had done against Dr. Martin ...
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Jet
'Key. Black. Extremists'. Stalked,. Wiretapped,. Harassed. By. FBI:Report. By Simeon Booker JET Washington Bureau Chief For the U. S. intelligence agencies , the "Key Black Extremists" were pursued harder during the 1960s than the FBI's  ...
7
He Died for Peace: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
The Agency had also wiretapped the phones at both the Cuban and Soviet Consulates. The CIA had front—row surveillance seats for what transpired there. On October 9, 1963, CIA headquarters received a cable from its Mexico City Station ...
L. D. Shono, 2012
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Your Guide to Online Privacy:
Eventhough your phoneisstatisticallymore likely to be wiretapped titan your Internetcommunications, thephone is still less risky than unencrypted Internet communications. This is truefor several reasons. Firstandmost important, your ...
PBS MediaShift, 2013
9
The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the ...
For example, for several years, the FBI extensively wiretapped Martin Luther King , Jr.99 They wiretapped his home, his office, and the hotel rooms that he stayed at when traveling.100 Based on the wiretaps, the FBI learned of his extensive ...
Daniel J. Solove, 2004
10
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the New American Politics
16. 17. 18. 19. In April 2009, it was revealed that by the time Pelosi was called on to select the member to chair the Intelligence Committee in 2006, she had been made aware that the FBI had wiretapped Harman's telephone in connection with  ...
Ronald M. Peters, Jr., Cindy Simon Rosenthal, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WIRETAPPED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wiretapped is used in the context of the following news items.
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WikiLeaks: US wiretapped Brazilian presidents
The U.S. National Security Agency wiretapped several key Brazilian government officials including President Dilma Rousseff , her secretary and her chief of staff, ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
2
NSA wiretapped two French finance ministers, WikiLeaks says
The US embassy in Paris. WikiLeaks says the NSA collected information on French export contracts, trade and budget talks. Photograph: John Schults/Reuters. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
3
Journalist Özdemir says he was wiretapped and threatened by AK troll
TV presenter and journalist Cüneyt Özdemir has said his phone was wiretapped by an “AK [Party] troll” using the Twitter account "sağlam irade" (iron will), whose ... «Today's Zaman, Jun 15»
4
WikiLeaks: US wiretapped French presidents
The United States has wiretapped the last three presidents of France, including current leader Francois Hollande as recently as 2012, according to WikiLeaks ... «USA TODAY, Jun 15»
5
Macedonians divided over massive wiretapping scandal …
Nearly weekly revelations about wiretapped conversations have spun a web of shock and fascination among ordinary Macedonians, hammering the Balkan ... «Fox News, Mar 15»
6
Parents: Schools illegally wiretapped our kids for years
Parents are alleging that a New Hampshire school district with a history of willful disregard for parental authority has been wiretapping students on school buses ... «WND.com, Feb 15»
7
Erdoğan: 'Two suspects who wiretapped my office caught'
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said two suspects who have been on the run after facing charges of wiretapping Erdoğan's office while he was the prime ... «Daily Sabah, Feb 15»
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Wiretapped lawyer case: Judge dismisses indictment
WHITE PLAINS – A judge on Wednesday dismissed an indictment charging Greenburgh defense lawyer George Galgano with bribing an alleged sex assault ... «The Journal News | LoHud.com, Jan 15»
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Tom Cruise wiretapped Nicole Kidman, Scientology documentary …
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief premiered Sunday at the Sundance Film Festival to a packed house — not with a star-studded red carpet, but ... «CBC.ca, Jan 15»
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Wiretapped lawyer: DA knows he didn't bribe witness
CARMEL – A lawyer charged with bribing an alleged sex-assault victim so she wouldn't testify against his client says he legally offered to pay her for information ... «The Journal News | LoHud.com, Dec 14»

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