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wire (body-worn bug)

wire

A concealed recorder or transmitter worn by an informant or undercover officer to gather evidence.

According to Crypto Museum, this is American slang.1

Sources

  1. Crypto Museum, Glossary of covert expressions

Checked: 3 November 2026