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Fishing expedition   /fˈɪʃɪŋ ˌɛkspədˈɪʃən/   Listen
Fishing expedition

noun
1.
An investigation undertaken in the hope (but not the stated purpose) of discovering information.





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"Fishing expedition" Quotes from Famous Books



... against "the universal tide of disorder," was threatened with the vengeance of its heathen neighbours. A quantity of liquor was landed there by a party of Kitahmaht Indians for sale. It was at once seized. In revenge for this, they stole a little boy belonging to the village while he was on a fishing expedition with his parents. "Horrible to write, the poor little fellow was literally worried to death, being torn to pieces by the mouths of a set of cannibals ...
— Metlakahtla and the North Pacific Mission • Eugene Stock


Words linked to "Fishing expedition" :   probe, investigation


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