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intercettazione

interception

noun een-ter-chet-tah-TSYOH-neh Rare

Also means

wiretapping

Usage Note

Intercettazione covers both the interception of communications and, in common usage, wiretapping or phone-tapping (le intercettazioni telefoniche). In Italy the topic is politically charged, as laws regulating judicial wiretaps are frequently debated. The plural le intercettazioni is very common in news contexts.

Examples

"Le intercettazioni hanno rivelato la verità."

Natural Translation

The wiretaps revealed the truth.

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