bugging

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bugging

  • /ˈbʌɡɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ʌɡɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of bug

noun buggings

  1. countable, uncountable Electronic surveillance. The buggings executed by the FBI not only revealed a great deal about the Cosa Nostra's activities, they also revealed a great deal about how the Cosa Nostra felt about the Kennedys.

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Closest in meaning: wired, wiretapping, wiretap, eavesdropping, look, listening, listen, boring, interception, tapping, watergate, bothering, antagonizing, inflating, e-surveillance, cybersurveillance

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noun Electronic surveillance

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@misc{bugging_2026,
  title = {bugging},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bugging},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}