Definitions
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- adjective diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation
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Examples
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A wonderful message indeed, considering that Mr. Sullivan himself was the chief architect of that inquisitory foray, which he pressed unrelentingly.
What Sarah Palin Doesn't Know Dorothy Rabinowitz 2010
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From abroad this looks like a rebirth of inquisitory methods.
Libel Law Has No Place In Scientific Disputes Jack of Kent 2009
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Broad investigatory, inquisitory and subpoena powers were given to that body of citizens drawn from the community; like powers were not intended to be in the hands of the prosecutors of crime.
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Broad investigatory, inquisitory and subpoena powers were given to that body of citizens drawn from the community; like powers were not intended to be in the hands of the prosecutors of crime.
Is That Legal?: Are Department of Justice Criminal Subpoenas Unconstitutional 2007
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From abroad this looks like a rebirth of inquisitory methods.
Archive 2009-06-01 Jack of Kent 2009
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An offside room had been rigged as an inquisitory.
Operation Luna Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1999
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The questions weren't particularly hostile, inquisitory or, even, political.
Stafford, Hugh A. 1990
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You were kept under drugs most of the way to help you rest -- they'd knocked you around quite a bit in the inquisitory.
Security Poul William Anderson
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Dr. Pappas transferred to the inquisitory where you were being held.
Security Poul William Anderson
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She drew farther back into her corner of the sofa, waving him to a seat beside her, as though to bring his inquisitory eyes on a level where her own could command them; but he stood where he was, unconscious of her gesture, and merely repeating: "Tell me."
The Fruit of the Tree Edith Wharton 1899
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