wiretap

1. V-T If someone wiretaps your telephone, they attach a special device to the line so that they can secretly listen to your conversations. 搭线窃听(电话)[美国英语]

The coach said his club had wiretapped the hotel room of a player during a road trip. 教练说，他的俱乐部在旅途中窃听了一名运动员下塌宾馆房间的电话。

2. N-COUNT Wiretap is also a noun. 窃听

...tapes of telephone conversations that have been obtained only by illegal wiretaps. ...只有非法窃听才能获得的电话录音带。

3. wiretappingN-UNCOUNT

...allegations of wiretapping. ...对窃听电话的指控。