cryptophone

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noun

A secure telephone that provides security against eavesdropping and electronic surveillance.

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Meanings

nouncryptophone (plural cryptophones)

plural cryptophones

  1. A secure telephone that provides security against eavesdropping and electronic surveillance.

    The bulky refrigerator-size boxes that scrambled the phone discussions of Roosevelt and Churchill are just steps from the hefty cryptophones of the 1970s and more modern versions.

    2008 March 12, Peter Wayner, “Psst! Follow Me and I’ll Show You the Exhibition”, in New York Times

Origin

From crypto- + phone.

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Translations

French cryptophone
  • cryptophonesecure telephone
Portuguese criptofone
  • criptofonesecure telephone
Cite this entry
APA

cryptophone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptophone

MLA

“cryptophone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptophone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cryptophone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptophone.

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