イタ電でん

noun

crank call; prank call; nuisance call

Colloquial abbreviation of いたずら電話. Used for annoying or harassing phone calls, often made anonymously or repeatedly.

See also: いたずら電話

• 夜よ中なかにイタ電でんがかかってきて困こまった。

  I was troubled by a prank call in the middle of the night.

• イタ電でんをやめろと警けい察さつに言いわれた。

  The police told him to stop making nuisance calls.