( cross-examines, cross-examining, cross-examined)
When a lawyer cross-examines someone during a trial or hearing, he or she questions them about the evidence that they have already given.
The accused’s lawyers will get a chance to cross-examine him...
You know you are liable to be cross-examined mercilessly about the assault.
VERB : V n , be V-ed about n , also V n about n
• cross-examination
(cross-examinations)
...during the cross-examination of a witness in a murder case...
Under cross-examination, he admitted the state troopers used more destructive ammunition than usual.
N-VAR