Antitrusted.
Add to the long list of PATRIOT Act Patriot Act: see USA PATRIOT Act. provisions unrelated to terrorism: The law's renewal included long-sought wiretap wiretap n. using an electronic device to listen in on telephone lines, which is illegal unless allowed by court order based upon a showing by law enforcement of "probable cause" to believe the communications are part of criminal activities. provisions for federal antitrust cases Although many in the computer field might equate "antitrust" with the long-running Microsoft trial (1998-2004), the U.S. government sued IBM three times in its history for antitrust violations. .
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