Tap
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To furnish with taps. To draw off liquid from a vessel To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection. To intercept a communication without authority. To cut an internal screw thread. To have sexual intercourse with. To strike lightly. To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly. To make a sharp noise. To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot. A device used to dispense liquids. A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.) A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it. Device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls. A repeated touching of one's hands, foot or other body part.
Example sentence: I have been waiting for someone to come along and tap into that very real frustration that exists in a very large segment of the working-class Republican base. And no one had done it until Donald Trump. I very clearly saw a void, and I knew somebody would fill it. And the moment I knew he had filled it, I knew he would win the nomination.
Wiretap
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To install or to use such a device.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A concealed device connected to a telephone or other communications system that allows a third party to listen or record conversations.The act of installing such a device.