shotgun
v.— «Tully shows how the spider network of many agencies and 16,000 persons has shotgunned the world with surveillance units and intercept nets.» —“Eavesdropping on Super Spies” by Keith S. Felton Los Angeles Times Mar. 29, 1970. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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