tickle the wire

Meanings:

1.
United StatesGeneral (English)informaljargon
- To provoke or stimulate subjects who are under electronic surveillance (such as a wiretap) so that they will respond on monitored communications, thereby producing useful recorded evidence.
- To use deliberate actions or planted information to elicit speech or reactions from people whose conversations are being intercepted.
2.
General (English)informalslang
- To test or manipulate a sensitive system or network in order to observe responses or gather intelligence.

EN: Be nice to tickle the wire when we raid the brothel.
ES: Vendrá bien cuando hagamos la redada en el burdel.
ID: Pasti bagus jika mendengarkan alat sadap saat menggerebek pelacurannya.
EN: We did the raid just to tickle the wire, remember?
ES: Hicimos las redadas por las escuchas.
ID: Kita menggerebek hanya untuk memperkuat penyadapan, ingat?
EN: Or tickle the wire.
ES: O para escuchas.
ID: - Atau menyadapnya.
EN: But I tickle the wire and there's something on you, no promises.
ES: Pero si tiro de la manta y hay algo sobre ti, no prometo nada.
EN: Or we just tickle the wire.
ES: O pincharle el teléfono.
ID: Atau kita pasang penyadap.
EN: - We tickle the wire.
ES: - Pincharle el teléfono.
ID: - Pasang penyadap.
EN: It's time to put them in play, tickle the wire on their parents' location.
ES: Es hora de ponerlos en juego, para dar con la ubicación de los padres.
ID: Aku akan memberi tahu Forrester.
EN: When we have wiretaps, we do something that's called "tickle the wire," which means that you do some action through an informant that causes a reaction in the people you wiretap, and then they speak about it on the phone.
ID: Saat menyadap, kami melakukan hal bernama "menggelitik penyadapan", artinya kami bertindak lewat informan yang membuat target penyadapan bereaksi, lalu mereka membicarakannya di telepon.