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dossier

dossier

74 7.4
A set of papers about a person or subject for official use
  • noun
  • /ˈdɔːsieɪ/
  • Formal
translation icon : expediente
  • The investigator compiled a comprehensive dossier on the suspect to present at the trial.
  • dossier claims
  • foreword to the dossier
  • strengthen the dossier

Christopher Wray knew that that that the Steele dossier contained that Russian disinformation.

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Examples

  • Your dossier on me is not entirely complete.

  • We will send a full dossier to the Security Council tomorrow morning.

  • I have a dossier on every man in this room.

  • Through a personal connection I saw his dossier myself.

  • 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

record
vsdossier
2.5

A paper or file that gives information about past events

focuses on a current, detailed profile of a person or subject for investigation
documentation
vsdossier
87 4.3

Documents that show proof of a fact or claim

is a collected, detailed set made mainly for official inquiry rather than general support
papers
vsdossier
23 1.9

Official documents that show who you are or give legal information

is a compiled, detailed file focused on a person or subject for investigation

Antonyms

316 3.9

Not knowing about something or how it works

How Detailed

archive
264 4.1
dossier
  • Formal
74 7.4
compilation
9 3.9
file
1.0
note
1.0

Surface Forms

dossier singular
dossiers plural

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.