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wire·tap 1 /'wīr-ˌtap/ vb -tapped, -tap·pingvi: to engage in wiretappinghad probable cause to wiretapvt: to interpret through wiretappinga wiretapped telephone conversation; also: to connect to the telephone line of for the purpose of wiretappingwiretap 2 n1: an act or instance of wiretappingwe have held previously that wiretap s are a form of a search — Whack v. State, 615 A.2d 1226 (1992)2: an electrical connection for wiretapping compare pen register
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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Using an electronic device to listen to or record another's telephone (or electronic) communications.Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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1 n. The listening in of any wire or oral communication by use of electronic or mechanical means; generally illegal where both parties to the communication are unaware of the wiretap. Unauthorized use or possession of wiretap devices is prohibited under state and federal law.2 v. The act of placing an electronic device to listen in on oral communications.See also bugging, pen register.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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n.using an electronic device to listen in on telephone lines, which is illegal unless allowed by court order based upon a showing by law enforcement of "probable cause" to believe the communications are part of criminal activities. Use of wiretap is also a wrongful act for which the party whose telephones were tapped may sue the party performing the act and/or listening in as an invasion of privacy or for theft of information. A wiretap differs from a "bug," which is a radio device secretly placed in one's premises to listen in on conversations or to tape incoming calls without notice to the caller. The same rules of illegality and tort liability apply to "bugging."
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.
