wiretapping
noun[U]
uk/ˈwaɪəˌtæp.ɪŋ/us/ˈwaɪrˌtæp.ɪŋ/theactionofsecretlylisteningto other people'sconversationsbyconnectingalisteningdevicetotheirphone:
（对电话的）搭线窃听If hesuspectedanemployeeofdishonesty, he was not above wiretapping.如果他怀疑某位雇员说谎，他就会搭线窃听他的电话。
International relations: spying and espionage
- agent
- agent provocateur
- anti-bug
- counter-espionage
- insider
- intel
- intelligence
- MI5
- MI6
- scout
- shadow
- sleuthing
- snoop
- spook
- spy
- spy onsomeone/something
- superspy
- tail
- tap
- the CIA