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Adjective bugged has 1 sense
- bugged - having hidden electronic eavesdropping devices; "wired hotel rooms"; "even the car is bugged"
Antonym: wireless (indirect, via wired)
Verb bug has 2 senses
- tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer - annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
--1 is one way to torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
Sample sentence:
They bug him to write the letter
- wiretap, tap, intercept, bug - tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?"
--2 is one way to listen in, eavesdrop
Sample sentence:
They want to bug the prisoners
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