Usually means: Unauthorized interception of communication lines.
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  1. wiretap: Merriam-Webster
  2. wiretap: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. wiretap: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. wiretap: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Wiretap, wiretap: Wordnik
  7. wiretap: Wiktionary
  8. wiretap: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. wiretap: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. wiretap: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. wiretap: Dictionary.com
  12. wiretap: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. WireTap (radio program), Wiretap: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. wiretap: Rhymezone
  15. wiretap: FreeDictionary.org
  16. wiretap: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. wiretap: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. wiretap: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. wiretap: Law.com Dictionary
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  6. wiretap: Legal dictionary

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  1. wiretap: Encyclopedia

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  1. wiretap: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary

(Note: See wiretaping as well.)

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noun:  A connection installed on a telephone line or other communications system in order to allow a third party to conduct covert surveillance of conversations.
verb:  (transitive) To install or to use such a connection.

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