to cross-question

Examples

• All

• The attorney began to cross-question the witness to clarify several inconsistencies in his statements.

• "If everyone is against me," said Lady Tarleton, "if I must be cross-questioned like a common felon, then of course I have no choice but to submit.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Oh, yes, cross-question him, pick his brains?

  Howards End (1992)

• Then I prepared to cross-question him rigidly, for this thing was getting serious.

  Fiction book (1994)

• After the initial questioning, the lawyer sought to cross-question the witness to uncover the truth.

Synonyms

Q

to question

vsto cross-question

570 1.0

To ask someone questions to get information

is much narrower and formal, used for close courtroom witness asking

I

to interrogate

vsto cross-question

• Formal

142 6.5

To question someone carefully and formally to get information

is focused on courtroom witness asking after the other side has asked

E

to examine

vsto cross-question

• Formal

53 3.1

To ask someone many questions in a formal way to find out facts

is narrower, used specifically for courtroom witness asking after opposition

C

to cross-examine

vsto cross-question

• Formal

28 7.2

To question a witness in court after the other side asks them

has identical meaning but is the alternative legal phrasing

Antonyms

A

to accept

∞ 1.3

To believe or agree that something is true

How Closely

to interrogate

• Formal

142 6.5

to grill

• Informal

59 4.9

to cross-question

• Jargon

1 7.5

to question

777 3.5

to ask

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology