wiretapper

wiretapper
/wuyeur"tap'euhr/, n.
1. a person who taps wires to learn the nature of messages passing over them.
2. a swindler who professes to have betting tips or other information from tapped telephone wires.
[1890-95; WIRE + TAPPER2]

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