[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["an act or instance of tapping telephone or telegraph wires for evidence or other information."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to obtain (information, evidence, etc.) by tapping telephone or telegraph wires:to wiretap conversations.", "to listen in on by means of a wiretap:to wiretap a telephone; to wiretap a conversation."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to tap telephone or telegraph wires for evidence, information, etc."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["pertaining to or obtained by wiretap."]}]