listening post

noun

: a center for monitoring electronic communications (as of an enemy)

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The Biden administration has said that China has had a listening post in Cuba for years, something the Cuban government denies. Carmen Sesin, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024 Since occupying the territory, Israel has installed listening posts and military bases. Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 30 July 2024 The bunker was built to serve as a listening post manned by three people. Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2024 If not, that would mean routers were independently infected by three financially motivated groups in addition to Pawn Storm, further underscoring the ongoing rush by multiple threat groups to establish secret listening posts inside routers. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 2 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for listening post 

Word History

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of listening post was in 1942

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“Listening post.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/listening%20post. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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