Cryptophone

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A secure telephone that provides security against eavesdropping and electronic surveillance.

    "The bulky refrigerator-size boxes that scrambled the phone discussions of Roosevelt and Churchill are just steps from the hefty cryptophones of the 1970s and more modern versions."

Example

More examples

"The bulky refrigerator-size boxes that scrambled the phone discussions of Roosevelt and Churchill are just steps from the hefty cryptophones of the 1970s and more modern versions."

Etymology

From crypto- + phone.

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