dossier
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈdɔːsieɪ/
- Formal
- The investigator compiled a comprehensive dossier on the suspect to present at the trial.
- dossier claims
- foreword to the dossier
- strengthen the dossier
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Watch on YouTubeChristopher Wray knew that that that the Steele dossier contained that Russian disinformation.
- Christopher Wray knew that that that the Steele dossier contained that Russian disinformation.
- Because they published the full Trump dossier, mistakes and false leads included, last week, right?
- What could possibly be in the Steele dossier?
- Oh, well, let me just show you we've got this what ended up being the Steele dossier, right.
- I can say on the Cap committee, maybe half of the discussion for each person's dossier is really about the contributions to teaching.
- So why does Trump keep bringing us back to the dossier and the tape?
- Your text form, your, your text dossier, it's also not an attribute.
- They each had like, this dossier in front of them.
- Obviously there was also Alastair Campbell and you know, the, the dodgy dossier and, and all of that.
- Now Trump supporters are now trying to claim that Clinton funding the dossier proves Trump's innocence somehow.
- Well, we sent you home last night with a whole bunch of what we call dossiers, which just sounds like Oprah Winfrey meets the FBI.
Examples
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Your dossier on me is not entirely complete.
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We will send a full dossier to the Security Council tomorrow morning.
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I have a dossier on every man in this room.
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Through a personal connection I saw his dossier myself.
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On chemical weapons, the dossier shows that Iraq continues to produce chemical agents for chemical weapons.
Academic text (2014) -
In other words, the dossier was part of a campaign of organized political persuasion.
Academic text (2014) -
The British government published another dossier on 3 February 2003, which was exposed as being mostly plagiarized.
Academic text (2014) -
A detective sitting in the passenger seat was reading a dossier as Casson got in the back.
Fiction book (2002) -
However, in late 1969, a dossier was presented to Pope Paul by sixty European clergymen.
Academic text (2006) -
Peter Kornbluh, in his troubling dossier, sets out to piece together this less elevated story.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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2.5
A paper or file that gives information about past events
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1.9
Official documents that show who you are or give legal information
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4.3
Documents that show proof of a fact or claim
Antonyms
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Etymology
Dossier comes from the French dos, meaning 'back', because papers were once stacked or tied with their backs together into a bundle. So a dossier today is a collection of documents about a person or subject.