phone tapping
noun/ˈfəʊn tæpɪŋ/
/ˈfəʊn tæpɪŋ/
(also rather formal telephone tapping)
[uncountable]- the practice of connecting a piece of equipment to a phone in order to listen secretly to other people’s phone conversations
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