Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who cross-examines.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who carries out a
cross-examination
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who questions a witness carefully (especially about testimony given earlier)
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Examples
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He's a former prosecutor; a staff member of the Warren Commission and author of the single-bullet theory; the razor-sharp cross-examiner of Anita Hill.
Michael Smerconish: Let Specter Investigate the Flotilla Mishap 2010
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He's a former prosecutor; a staff member of the Warren Commission and author of the single-bullet theory; the razor-sharp cross-examiner of Anita Hill.
Michael Smerconish: Let Specter Investigate the Flotilla Mishap Michael Smerconish 2010
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Is a good teacher like a good cross-examiner, but leading with benevolence rather than malice?
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As a criminal trial attorney, he maintains a reputation of a relentless cross-examiner and a tenacious advocate.
Raw Law Esq Muhammad Ibn Bashir 2010
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As a criminal trial attorney, he maintains a reputation of a relentless cross-examiner and a tenacious advocate.
Raw Law Esq Muhammad Ibn Bashir 2010
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As a criminal trial attorney, he maintains a reputation of a relentless cross-examiner and a tenacious advocate.
Raw Law Esq Muhammad Ibn Bashir 2010
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Like a good cross-examiner, he anticipated the answer to each question.
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My quibble is that the candidate himself should have shown how good a cross-examiner he still is and decimated her like he did many a defense witness.
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He's an interesting character in that on his show he is a bit bi-polar: he's got the usual "Tweety" persona where all he does is sqwauks, but then there are times when he can be a deadly-serious, smart, effective pitbull of a cross-examiner (Michelle Bachmann, the PUMA people, to name a couple).
Poll: Chris Matthews Only Trailing By Three Points In Possible Senate Bid 2009
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Jeffress was a good cross-examiner, he had his facts down and it was easier to follow where he was going than it was with Wells and Martin, but he failed to trip up Ari.
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