(also wire-tap)Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense wiretaps, present participle wiretapping, past tense, past participle wiretapped
VERB 搭线窃听(电话) 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) [US]
The coach said his club had wiretapped the hotel room of a player during a road trip.
教练说他的俱乐部曾经窃听了一名开车旅行的运动员所住宾馆房间的电话。
Wiretap is also a noun.
...tapes of telephone conversations that can have been obtained only by illegal wiretaps.