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| bring in |
to arrest or conduct to a police station for questioning. [1/5 definitions] |
| cross-examine |
to question thoroughly and insistently, often for the purpose of comparing responses with those of earlier questioning. [1/2 definitions] |
| detainee |
one who is held in police custody, usu. for questioning or political reasons, without formal charges being filed. |
| exit poll |
an estimate of public opinion on certain candidates or issues that is made by questioning a representative sample of voters as they leave their voting places. |
| grill |
(informal) to subject to relentless questioning; interrogate. [1/7 definitions] |
| incontestable |
not subject to dispute or questioning. |
| inquisition |
questioning that is prolonged, unrelenting, or brutal. [1/5 definitions] |
| inquisitive |
given to questioning and inquiring; desirous of learning. [1/3 definitions] |
| interpellate |
to subject (a government official) to formal questioning, as before a legislative body. |
| panelist |
a member of a panel, esp. a panel for discussion, judging, questioning, or playing a game. |
| persist |
to pursue stubbornly or insistently a demand, line of questioning, or the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| poll |
an instance of systematic questioning meant to gather information or sample public opinion. [1/10 definitions] |
| presume |
to take as a matter of fact without questioning or without proof; take for granted; assume. [2/4 definitions] |
| quiz |
an act or instance of questioning. [1/4 definitions] |
| quizzical |
expressing doubt, confusion, or questioning; puzzled. [1/3 definitions] |
| redirect |
in law, designating the questioning again of one's own witness after cross-examination has occurred. [1/2 definitions] |
| skeptical |
having or showing doubt; questioning. [2/3 definitions] |
| swallow1 |
(informal) to believe naively, or to accept without resisting or questioning. [1/8 definitions] |
| third degree |
intensive, often painful questioning, as of a police prisoner (usu. prec. by "the"). [1/2 definitions] |
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