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Tap Line Device Tapped Phone Attach Special Secretly

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If someone t___ your phone, they attach a special device to the line so that they can secretly listen to your conversations .If someone taps your phone, they attach a special device to the line so that they can secretly listen to your conversations .
The government passed laws allowing the police to tap phones.
We suspected the telephone line was tapped.
He assured MPs that they were not subjected to phone taps.
word tap
full-definition
noun
A tap is a device that controls the flow of a liquid or gas from a pipe or container, for example on a sink .
She turned on the taps.
...a cold-water tap.
The honey runs out of a tap at the bottom of the drum.
verb
If you tap something, you hit it with a quick light blow or a series of quick light blows.
He tapped the table to still the shouts of protest.
Tap the eggs gently with a teaspoon to crack the shells.
Grace tapped on the bedroom door and went in.
There was a comfortable-looking clerk on duty, tapping away on a manual typewriter.
To hold the carpet in place, it's a good idea to tap in a few nails temporarily.
A tap on the door interrupted him and Sally Pierce came in.
If you tap your fingers or feet, you make a regular pattern of sound by hitting a surface lightly and repeatedly with them, especially while you are listening to music.
The song's so catchy it makes you bounce round the living room or tap your feet.
If you tap a resource or situation, you make use of it by getting from it something that you need or want .
He owes his election to having tapped deep public disillusion with professional politicians.
The company is tapping shareholders for £15.8 million.
The utility group has launched the company in an attempt to tap into the market for green energy.
If someone taps your phone, they attach a special device to the line so that they can secretly listen to your conversations .
The government passed laws allowing the police to tap phones.
We suspected the telephone line was tapped.
He assured MPs that they were not subjected to phone taps.
inflections tapstappingtapped
cefr-level B2

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