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wire-tapper — /ˈwaɪə tæpə/ (say wuyuh tapuh) noun 1. someone who illicitly taps telegraph or telephone wires to learn the nature of messages passing over them. 2. US Colloquial a swindler who professes to secure by this or some similar means advance… …
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Wire tapping — Wire tapper Wire tapper One that taps, or cuts in on, telegraph wires and intercepts messages; hence (Slang), a swindler who pretends to tap wires or otherwise intercept advance telegraphic news for betting. {Wire tapping}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wire — n. & v. n. 1 a metal drawn out into the form of a thread or thin flexible rod. b a piece of this. c (attrib.) made of wire. 2 a length or quantity of wire used for fencing or to carry an electric current etc. 3 esp. US colloq. a telegram or… … Useful english dictionary
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