Wiretapper (Noun)
Meaning
Someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The police department took the wiretapper into custody after finding evidence of unauthorized access to telephone lines.
- She couldn't believe her neighbor was a wiretapper who had been monitoring her private conversations for months.
- The wiretapper was caught after a phone company employee noticed unusual activity on the line.
- In the 1970s, the government employed wiretappers to intercept communications from suspected spies.
- The detective hired a former wiretapper to help him track down the source of the leaked information.