"wiretaps" in Chinese (Simplified)
电话窃听
Definition
秘密监听他人的电话，通常由警方或政府机构为获取信息而进行。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
多用于法律、警察或间谍相关场合，表示多个监听行为或设备。新闻、警察调查、监控丑闻常见。相关表达有“安装监听器”、“批准窃听”。
Examples
Police used wiretaps to listen to the suspects' phone calls.
警方利用**电话窃听**监听嫌疑人的电话。
Wiretaps are often ordered by a judge during criminal investigations.
刑事调查中，法官经常下令进行**电话窃听**。
The newspaper reported new wiretaps in the case.
报纸报道了本案中的新**电话窃听**。
Recent wiretaps revealed the suspects were planning another robbery.
最新的**电话窃听**揭示嫌疑人正计划再次抢劫。
Without those wiretaps, the police wouldn’t have enough evidence.
没有那些**电话窃听**，警方就不会有足够的证据。
The lawyer argued that the wiretaps were not legal.
律师辩称这些**电话窃听**不合法。