Synonyms of the word

wiretap

• n. A concealed device connected to a telephone or other communications system that allows a third party to…
• n. The act of installing such a device.
• v. To install or to use such a device.

bug

• n. (colloquial) Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
• n. An insect of the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs").
• n. (colloquial) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
• n. Various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Morton Bay bug, mudbug.
• n. (chiefly computing) A problem that needs fixing.
• n. A contagious illness; a bacterium or virus causing it.
• n. An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.
• n. An electronic intercept device.
• n. A small and and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page,…
• n. (broadcasting) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program…
• n. (aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
• n. A semi-automated telegraph key.
• n. (obsolete) A bugbear; anything that terrifies.
• n. (chiefly LGBT, "the bug") HIV.
• n. (poker) A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
• n. (paleontology, slang) A trilobite.
• v. (informal, transitive) To annoy.
• v. (transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.

eavesdrop

• v. To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
• n. The dripping of rain from the eaves of a house.
• n. The space around a house on which such water drips.
• n. A concealed aperture through which an occupant of a building can surreptitiously listen to people talking…
• n. The act of intentionally hearing a conversation not intended to be heard.

intercept

• n. An interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call.
• n. An interception of a missile.
• n. (algebraic geometry) The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis.
• n. (marketing) A form of market research where consumers are intercepted and interviewed in a retail store…
• v. (transitive) To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
• v. (transitive, sports) To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game.

investigating

• v. present participle of investigate.

investigation

• n. The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient…

tap

• n. A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot.
• n. A device used to dispense liquids.
• n. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
• n. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
• n. (mechanics) A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die…
• n. A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
• n. An interception of communication by authority.
• v. To furnish with taps.
• v. To draw off liquid from a vessel.
• v. To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
• v. To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
• v. To intercept a communication without authority.
• v. (mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.
• v. (card games, board games) To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already…
• n. Device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.
• v. To strike lightly.
• v. To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
• v. To make a sharp noise.
• v. To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
• v. (slang, transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
• v. (combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
• v. (combat sports, transitive) To force (an opponent) to submit.
• v. To put a new sole or heel on.
• n. A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
• n. tap dance.
• n. (computing) The act of touching a touch screen.
• n. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel;…
• n. (military) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring…
• n. (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard…