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detectaphone definition

☆ de·tec·ta·phone (dē tek′tə fōn′, di-)

noun

a device for listening secretly to others' telephone conversations

Etymology: detect + -a- + (tele)phone

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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