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ˈbug·ging de·vice N

bugging device: Wanze f <-, -n>

bugging device: Abhörgerät nt <-(e)s, -e>

to plant [or install] a bugging device: eine Wanze installieren

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to plant a bugging device: ein Abhörgerät anbringen

bugging/hearing device: Abhör-/Hörgerät nt

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Abhörgerät: bugging device

de·vice [dɪˈvaɪs] N

1. device (machine):

device: Gerät nt

device: Vorrichtung f

device: Apparat m

bugging/hearing device: Abhör-/Hörgerät nt

mobile device COMPUT: mobiles Gerät

2. device (method):

device: Verfahren nt

device: Maßnahme f

contraceptive device: Methode f der Empfängnisverhütung

linguistic/stylistic device: Sprach-/Stilmittel nt

literary device: literarischer Kunstgriff

marketing device: absatzförderndes Mittel

rhetorical device: rhetorisches Mittel

rhetorical device: rhetorischer Kunstgriff

3. device (bomb):

device: Sprengsatz m

explosive/incendiary device: Spreng-/Brandsatz m

nuclear device: atomarer Sprengkörper

Phrases:

to leave sb to their own devices: jdn sich dat selbst überlassen

I. bug [bʌg] N

1. bug (insect):

bug (true bug): Wanze f <-, -n>

bugs pl: Ungeziefer nt <-s> kein pl

bed bug: Bettwanze f <-, -n>

2. bug MED:

bug inf: Bazillus m <-, Bazillen>

to have a bug: einen Bazillus haben

3. bug COMPUT (fault):

bug: Bug m <-s, -s> spec

bug: Fehler m <-s, ->

4. bug (listening device):

bug: Wanze f <-, -n>

to plant [or install] a bug: eine Wanze installieren

5. bug inf (enthusiasm):

bug: Fieber nt <-s, ->

to be bitten by [or to catch][or to get] the sailing/internet-surfing bug: vom Segel-/Internetfieber gepackt werden

II. bug <-gg-> [bʌg] VB trans

1. bug (install bugs):

to bug sth: etw verwanzen

to bug a telephone: ein Telefon abhören

2. bug (eavesdrop on):

to bug sth conversation: etw abhören

3. bug inf (annoy):

to bug sb [about sth]: jdm [mit etw dat] auf die Nerven gehen

stop bugging me!: hör auf zu nerven! inf

4. bug inf (worry):

to bug sb: jdm Sorgen bereiten

bug·ging [ˈbʌgɪŋ] N no pl

bugging: Verwanzen nt

the bugging of a telephone: das Einbauen von Wanzen in ein Telefon

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bug N

bug (insect) Am inf: Käfer m

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device N

device under test TECH: Prüfling m

device under test TECH: Messobjekt nt

device under test TECH: Prüfobjekt nt

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device N

[electronic] device ELEC: [elektronisches] Bauelement

investigational device: Gerät in der Erprobungsphase

bug N IT

bug (Fehler in Hard- oder Software): Bug m

device [dɪˈvaɪs] N

device: Hilfsmittel

device: Instrument

Present
I	bug
you	bug
he/she/it	bugs
we	bug
you	bug
they	bug

Past
I	bugged
you	bugged
he/she/it	bugged
we	bugged
you	bugged
they	bugged

Present Perfect
I	have	bugged
you	have	bugged
he/she/it	has	bugged
we	have	bugged
you	have	bugged
they	have	bugged

Past Perfect
I	had	bugged
you	had	bugged
he/she/it	had	bugged
we	had	bugged
you	had	bugged
they	had	bugged

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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

And a bugging device was also used to eavesdrop on the gang members.

A soprano was bugging everybody with temper tantrums during rehearsal.

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The aide said the governor's office was protected with modern intelligence gadgets, noting that a bugging device would be easily detected.

Intentionally hiding a cell phone in a location is a bugging technique.

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These latter safeguards, however, are ineffective against lawless wiretapping and bugging of which their victims are totally unaware.

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