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wiretap 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
  2. Telephone tapping (or wire tapping/wiretapping in the USA) is the monitoring of telephone and Internet conversations by a third party, often by covert means. ...
  3. Overheard is a 2009 Hong Kong crime thriller film written and directed by Alan Mak and Felix Chong, and produced by Henry Fong and Derek Yee. The film stars Lau Ching-Wan, Louis Koo and Daniel Wu as a trio of police officers conducting surveillance on a public company. ...
  4. Wiretap is a progressive/liberal English language online news and culture website that emerged from the youth-oriented project of AlterNet and became an independent, self sustaining publication. ...
  5. WireTap is a half-hour long radio show which airs on CBC Radio One Saturday afternoons at 1:30 pm, and Thursday evenings at 11:30 pm. An hour-long version of WireTap is distributed in the United States by Public Radio International and is heard on multiple public radio stations. ...
  6. A concealed device connected to a telephone or other communications system that allows a third party to listen or record conversations; The act of installing such a device; To install or to use such a device
  7. (wiretapping) The installation or monitoring of wiretaps
  8. (wiretapping) the interception of electronic communications in order to access information
  9. (Wire-tapping) An electronic surveillance device which secretly listens in and records conversations held over a phone line. It is usually only allowed with the permission of a judge and if it can be shown to be necessary for the solving of a serious crime.
  10. (Wiretapping) A form of electronic eavesdropping accomplished by seizing or overhearing communications by means of a concealed recording or listening device connected to the transmission line.
  11. (Wiretapping) Monitoring and recording data that is flowing between two points in a communication system.
  12. (Wiretapping) eavesdropping on data or voice transmissions by attaching unauthorized equipment or software to the communications medium (in the case of wires, coaxial metal cables and optical cables) or by intercepting and interpreting broadcast data (in the case of wireless phones, cellular ...
  13. A concealed recording device on a phone line. Also referred to as a "bug."
  14. n. using an electronic device to listen in on telephone lines, which is illegal unless allowed by court order based upon a showing by law enforcement of "probable cause" to believe the communications are part of criminal activities. ...