The wiretap was discontinued in 2016 due to a lack of evidence uncovered, but was re-started under a new warrant later that year and continued at least into early 2017.
Source: tatoeba (11997533)
Wiretap
Synonyms for "wiretap" (50 found)
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38 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- бръ́мбар noun (covert connection)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 竊聽器 /窃听器 noun (covert connection)
Czech
1 entries- štěnice noun (covert connection)
Dutch
1 entries- aftappen verb (to install or to use such a device)
Finnish
4 entries- kuuntelulaite noun (covert connection)
- salakuuntelulaite noun (covert connection)
- asentaa salakuuntelulaite verb (to install or to use such a device)
- salakuunnella verb (to install or to use such a device)
French
4 entries- micro noun (covert connection)
- mouchard noun (covert connection)
- écoute noun (covert connection)
- mettre sur écoute verb (to install or to use such a device)
Georgian
4 entries- მოსასმენი მოწყობილობა noun (covert connection)
- ფარული მოსმენის ელექტრონული მოწყობილობა noun (covert connection)
- სატელეფონო საუბრებზე მიყურადება verb (to install or to use such a device)
- სატელეფონო საუბრების მოსმენა verb (to install or to use such a device)
German
2 entries- Wanze noun (covert connection)
- verwanzen verb (to install or to use such a device)
Greek
1 entries- κοριός noun (covert connection)
Italian
4 entries- cimice noun (covert connection)
- microspia noun (covert connection)
- intercettare verb (to install or to use such a device)
- spiare verb (to install or to use such a device)
Japanese
2 entries- 盗聴器 noun (covert connection)
- 盗聴器を仕掛ける verb (to install or to use such a device)
Korean
1 entries- 도청 장치 noun (covert connection)
Polish
3 entries- pluskwa noun (covert connection)
- zakładać pluskwę verb (to install or to use such a device)
- założyć pluskwę verb (to install or to use such a device)
Portuguese
2 entries- grampo noun (covert connection)
- grampear verb (to install or to use such a device)
Russian
2 entries- жучо́к noun (covert connection)
- подслу́шивающее устро́йство noun (covert connection)
Slovene
1 entries- namestiti prisluškovalno napravo verb (to install or to use such a device)
Swedish
2 entries- telefonavlyssning noun (covert connection)
- telefonavlyssna verb (to install or to use such a device)
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