wiretapped

verb

past tense of wiretap
as in tapped

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  1. tapped
  2. bugged
  3. overheard
  4. monitored
Verb
  • The Angels needed Klassen to get them as deep as possible because the bullpen was tapped after a 10-inning game on Monday and a one-run victory on Tuesday.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 13 Aug. 2026
  • In 2008, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi tapped Meloni to be his youth minister.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of tapped
Verb
  • The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, a law-enforcement agency known as NABU, had bugged Mindich’s apartment in Kyiv, and detectives picked up his conversations about Fire Point.
    — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
  • The group alleged that as well as hacking their phones, journalists from the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday tapped landlines and bugged houses and cars.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 7 July 2026
Definition of bugged
Verb
  • Jackson said California's law about confidential communication doesn't apply when there is a reasonable expectation that a conversation could be overheard or recorded.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2026
  • One of the first people to join his congregation was Gayana Albayan, who had learned about God through inference and overheard prayer.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
Definition of overheard
Verb
  • The Next Weather Team will continue to track three areas being monitored for possible development from the National Hurricane Center.
    — Scott Withers, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Conditions are being monitored day-by-day to determine storm severity.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of monitored
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