wiretap: Meaning and Definition of

wire•tap

1. an act or instance of tapping telephone or telegraph wires for evidence or other information.

1. to obtain (information, evidence, etc.) by tapping telephone or telegraph wires: to wiretap conversations.
2. to listen in on by means of a wiretap: to wiretap a telephone; to wiretap a conversation.

1. to tap telephone or telegraph wires for evidence, information, etc.

1. pertaining to or obtained by wiretap.