in camera

Examples

• All

• Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed Israel's nuclear secrets to the Sunday Times in October 1986, was smuggled out of Europe and tried in camera.

  Academic text (1996)

• More often than not, spies suddenly 'disappear' from circulation, are tried in camera, and serve their sentence either anonymously or under assumed identities.

  Academic text (1996)

• Since you have admitted guilt, your superiors can make a decision in camera as to what to do.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The representatives of the Protecting Power shall be entitled to attend the trial of the case, unless, exceptionally, this is held in camera in the interest of state security.

  Blog text (25)

• Upon such notification, the government may request an in camera hearing to determine the "use, relevance, or admissibility" of the classified information prior to the trial.

  Academic text (2007)

• Moreover, in some circumstances, the defense may be put in a worse position because the in-camera review of the classified information may be conducted ex parte without the input of defense counsel.

  Academic text (2007)

• Most importantly, although allowing the in-camera review to be conducted ex parte may seem like a small detail, its impact is far greater than perhaps even the drafters were aware.

  Academic text (2007)

• While the court may, in limited circumstances, rule on motions ex parte and in camera, the current structure of CIPA provides some barriers to an absolute right to close pretrial proceedings to a defendant.

  Academic text (2007)

• The judge decided to hold the proceedings in camera to protect the privacy of the witnesses.

• During the investigation, certain discussions were conducted in camera to ensure confidentiality.

Synonyms

I

in private

vsin camera

249 2.4

Without other people present

is used especially in legal contexts for meetings or court sessions

P

privately

vsin camera

174 3.2

In a way not shared with other people

is held with only those directly involved rather than to hide information

B

behind closed doors

vsin camera

• Literature

112 4.1

In private and not open to the public

is performed in private with only those directly involved present

C

closed-door

vsin camera

19 5.3

Not open to the public and held privately by a small group

is held only with those directly involved, not open to the public

Antonyms

P

public

∞ 1.0

Open or available to everyone, not private

How Private

in camera

• Formal

2 8.6

closed-door

19 5.3

in public

339 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology