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die Wanze (-n)  bug (also in computing); listening/bugging device (bug)

Samt Mikrofonen und Sender war die Wanze in einem kleinen Holzkistchen untergebracht.
Complete with microphones and transmitter, the bug was located in a small wooden box.

Die Flöhe und die Wanzen
Gehören auch zum Ganzen.
- J.W. Goethe
The fleas and the bugs
also belong in the scheme of things. - J.W. Goethe

Related: frech wie eine Wanze bold as brass

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