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PHONE TAPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phone tapper mean? 

PHONE TAPPER (noun)
  The noun PHONE TAPPER has 1 sense:

1. someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wireplay

  Familiarity information: PHONE TAPPER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PHONE TAPPER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

phone tapper; tapper; wiretapper

Hypernyms ("phone tapper" is a kind of...):

eavesdropper (a secret listener to private conversations)


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