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.
Tap
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To furnish with taps.To draw off liquid from a vesselTo 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: Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder. It is a howling reproach.