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词汇 phone tapping
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Definition of phone tapping in English:

phone tapping

noun
mass noun
  • The action or practice of connecting a device to a telephone so that the conversation can be listened to secretly.

    the ban on phone tapping should be strengthened
    as modifier a phone-tapping scandal
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Prime Minister had stood by his aide amid the continuing scandal over phone tapping at the newspaper.
    • I'm not sure just how widespread this phone-tapping is.
    • The body will be allowed to use new powers such as use of evidence from phone tapping, plea bargaining for witnesses, and a witness protection programme.
    • These investigations including phone-tapping and searching of criminal records and tax records.
    • It is the first time in British legal history that the reasons used by the police or security services to justify phone tapping have been found to be unlawful.
    • The High Court ruled the phone tapping was unconstitutional and an abuse of power by the State.
    • The government has used the scandal to attack the opposition and justify the widespread use of phone tapping, long periods of detention and other repressive measures.
    • Its tactics were often illegal, involving phone tapping, bugging of private residences and links with organised crime.
    • Government phone-tapping practices have violated the right to privacy, the European court of human rights ruled yesterday.
    • In the early 1980s the scale of government phonetapping became evident.
    • Technology such as phonetapping and electronic eavesdropping has some role to play in terms of surveillance.
    • Rights groups in the US are already on alert after revelations that the White House authorised phone tapping without court orders.
    • Back in 2009, he spoke before parliament telling a committee that he believed the phone tapping was the work of a single rogue reporter.
    • He is also accused of phone tapping, involvement in payoffs to lawmakers and misusing 7.5 million in government funds.
    • A number of residential and business addresses are currently being searched as part of the investigation into the alleged phone tapping.
    • Most of the information was collected through illegal means, such as phone tapping, spying and even torture.
    • Be it a landline or a mobile, technology has thoroughly outpaced the law on unauthorised phone tapping.
    • The ten month-long operation involved 400 officers and hours of phone tapping.
    • Last month, seven of his former associates were convicted of invasion of privacy for their role in a phone-tapping operation.
    • There are already widespread reports of abuses of phone tapping in the UK, including a case pending before the European Court of Human Rights.
    Synonyms
    observation, scrutiny, watch, view, inspection, monitoring, supervision, superintendence

Definition of phone tapping in US English:

phone tapping

noun
  • The action or practice of connecting a device to a telephone so that the conversation can be listened to secretly.

    the ban on phone tapping should be strengthened
    as modifier a phone-tapping scandal
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is the first time in British legal history that the reasons used by the police or security services to justify phone tapping have been found to be unlawful.
    • A number of residential and business addresses are currently being searched as part of the investigation into the alleged phone tapping.
    • In the early 1980s the scale of government phonetapping became evident.
    • Government phone-tapping practices have violated the right to privacy, the European court of human rights ruled yesterday.
    • These investigations including phone-tapping and searching of criminal records and tax records.
    • Most of the information was collected through illegal means, such as phone tapping, spying and even torture.
    • Its tactics were often illegal, involving phone tapping, bugging of private residences and links with organised crime.
    • He is also accused of phone tapping, involvement in payoffs to lawmakers and misusing 7.5 million in government funds.
    • Back in 2009, he spoke before parliament telling a committee that he believed the phone tapping was the work of a single rogue reporter.
    • Technology such as phonetapping and electronic eavesdropping has some role to play in terms of surveillance.
    • The body will be allowed to use new powers such as use of evidence from phone tapping, plea bargaining for witnesses, and a witness protection programme.
    • Rights groups in the US are already on alert after revelations that the White House authorised phone tapping without court orders.
    • Be it a landline or a mobile, technology has thoroughly outpaced the law on unauthorised phone tapping.
    • The ten month-long operation involved 400 officers and hours of phone tapping.
    • Last month, seven of his former associates were convicted of invasion of privacy for their role in a phone-tapping operation.
    • I'm not sure just how widespread this phone-tapping is.
    • The High Court ruled the phone tapping was unconstitutional and an abuse of power by the State.
    • There are already widespread reports of abuses of phone tapping in the UK, including a case pending before the European Court of Human Rights.
    • The government has used the scandal to attack the opposition and justify the widespread use of phone tapping, long periods of detention and other repressive measures.
    • The Prime Minister had stood by his aide amid the continuing scandal over phone tapping at the newspaper.
    Synonyms
    observation, scrutiny, watch, view, inspection, monitoring, supervision, superintendence
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