dossier
- 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
Christopher 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
A paper or file that gives information about past events
Documents that show proof of a fact or claim
Official documents that show who you are or give legal information
Antonyms
How Detailed
Surface Forms
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.