intercept

Noun

• the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis

Verb

• tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
  • The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy
    
  • Is this hotel room bugged?
    

• seize on its way
  • The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  wiretap , tap , bug , stop