intercepted messages
Seized enemy transmissions
Communications captured or seized while in transit between sender and intended recipient.
The phrase implies unauthorized access—whether by intelligence agencies monitoring enemy transmissions, law enforcement tapping criminal communications, or hackers grabbing data mid-stream: The intercepted messages revealed the full scope of the conspiracy.
In wartime and espionage contexts, intercepted messages often require decryption before their contents become useful.
- encryptedTransformed into cipher
- secret codeEncrypted communication system
- decodedConverted from cipher
- wiretapHidden listening device
- wire tapCovert audio surveillance
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Safeguarded exchange of information
encrypted messages · private correspondence · secure channels · private messages · sealed letters
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Confidential written communication
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