Inquisition synonyms

ĭn'kwĭ-zĭsh'ən, ĭng'-

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third-degree
(Informal) Harsh, grueling treatment and questioning, as of a prisoner in order to force a confession or exact information
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the-inquisition (related)
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trial (related)
A difficult or annoying experience
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official inquiry
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cross-examination
By extension, any process in which a person is subject to questioning.
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interrogation
A point, mark, or sign, thus ?, indicating that the sentence with which it is connected is a question. It is used to express doubt, or to mark a query. Called also interrogation point.
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examination (related)
In litigation, the questioning of a witness under oath, either at trial or in a deposition; the Patent and Trademark Office investigation into the validity of a patent application.
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hunt
A hunting expedition or outing, usually with horses and hounds.
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inquest
The verdict of such an inquiry
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inquiry
A close examination of a matter:
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investigation
The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist.
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prosecution
The institution and conduct of a legal proceeding:
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tribunal
The bench where a judge or other presiding judicial officer sits in court.
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probe
The definition of a probe is an investigation into something or a blunt surgical tool used for exploratory medical testing.
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research
Careful, systematic, patient study and investigation in some field of knowledge, undertaken to discover or establish facts or principles
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investigate (related)
A seeking of knowledge, data, or the truth about something
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ecclesiastic (related)
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oath (related)
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assize (related)
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search
An act of searching; scrutiny, inquiry, or examination in an attempt to find something, gain knowledge, establish facts, etc.
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  • The rabbit tired of her inquisition and hopped away a few steps.

  • The activity of the Inquisition was redoubled, and persecution raged throughout the Netherlands.

  • The Inquisition was established with almost unlimited powers in Italy, and the press was placed under its jurisdiction.

  • Spanish is a comomon language of the Jews, whose ancestors fled hither, during the 16th century, to escape the Inquisition.

  • He also edited a Formulary of the Papal Penitentiary in the 13th century (Philadelphia, 1892), and in 1908 was published his Inquisition in the Spanish Dependencies.

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