English-Dutch translations for intercept

• onderscheppen
  Het is echter duidelijk dat technologische mogelijkheden om elektronische communicatie te onderscheppen, bestaan. However, it is clear that technological possibilities to intercept electronic communications exist.
  De Verenigde Staten van Amerika hebben het Echelon-systeem, dat hen in staat stelt elke vorm van internationale communicatie te onderscheppen. The United States of America has the Echelon system that enables it to intercept every form of international communication.
  We hoeven maar naar Frankrijk te kijken, waar de autoriteiten dagelijks honderden illegale migranten onderscheppen die rechtstreeks uit Italië komen. We need only see how the French authorities are intercepting every day hundreds of illegal migrants arriving straight from Italy.

Definition of intercept

• To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion
• To gain possession of in a ball game
• To take or comprehend between
• An interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call
• The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis
• A form of market research where consumers are intercepted and interviewed in a retail store or mall

Examples

• The police intercepted the package of stolen goods while it was in transit.

Related words

• interceptor
• interception
• intercepting
• interceptable
• intercept point
• interception orbit
• interceptor aircraft
• radio intercept
• grease interceptor