mouchard

French

noun
Definitions
  • (informal) snitch, grass, tell-tale police informant
  • mouchard undercover investigator
  • bug hidden microphone
  • spyhole, peephole
  • tachograph device that records the distance and time traveled by a vehicle
  • (computing) spyware piece of spyware
  • (aviation) spyplane
  • (aviation) black box, flight recorder

Etymology

Affix from French mouche (fly).

Origin

French

mouche

Gloss

fly

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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