fishing expedition

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU):

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Noun

fishing expedition (plural fishing expeditions)

1. (idiomatic, law, US, informal, derogatory) A non-specific search for information, especially incriminating information.

Translations

search for (incriminating) information

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 钓鱼执法 (zh) (diàoyú zhífǎ)

• Finnish: esitutkinta (fi)
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• French: recherche à l’aveuglette f
• Russian: сбор компрома́та m (sbor kompromáta), зонди́рование по́чвы n (zondírovanije póčvy)
• Spanish: expedición de pesca f