CROSS-EXAMINE


Meaning of CROSS-EXAMINE in English

(~s, cross-examining, ~d)

When a lawyer ~s 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 ~ him...

You know you are liable to be ~d 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.

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