Government Surveillance

noun a device that allows someone to secretly listen to or record someone else's telephone conversations

verb to secretly listen to or record someone else's telephone conversations

• The authorities obtained a court order to conduct a wiretap on the suspect's phone.
• I heard they put a wiretap on his phone to listen in on his conversations.
• The feds are tapping his phone with a wiretap.
• She felt like her thoughts were being wiretapped by her intrusive coworker.

noun FISA - stands for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a United States federal law that establishes procedures for the physical and electronic surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence information.

• The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) allows the government to monitor communications for national security purposes.
• I heard the FBI got a FISA warrant to wiretap that suspect.
• I can't believe they're using FISA to spy on people now.
• The FISA court acts as a safeguard to protect civil liberties while allowing for surveillance in certain cases.