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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various hypnotic or anesthetic drugs, such as scopolamine or thiopental sodium, used to induce a subject under questioning to talk without inhibition.
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- noun informal, medicine A
psychoactive medication , especially one administered byinjection , whichsupposedly renders a personcooperative and disposed to respondhonestly to questions.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an intravenous anesthetic drug that has a hypnotic effect; induces relaxation and weakens inhibitions; is believed to induce people to talk freely
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