WIRETAPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wiretapper mean? 

• WIRETAPPER (noun)
  The noun WIRETAPPER has 1 sense:

1. someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire

  Familiarity information: WIRETAPPER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WIRETAPPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

phone tapper; tapper; wiretapper

Hypernyms ("wiretapper" is a kind of...):

eavesdropper (a secret listener to private conversations)

Derivation:

wiretap (tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information)