"fishing expedition" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-fishing expedition.ogg Forms: fishing expeditions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fishing expedition (plural fishing expeditions)
  1. (idiomatic, law, informal, derogatory) A search for information, especially incriminating information, that is conducted without specific direction or goal, in the hope that something may turn up. Tags: derogatory, idiomatic, informal Categories (topical): Law Translations (search for (incriminating) information): 钓鱼执法 (diàoyú zhífǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), esitutkinta (Finnish), recherche à l’aveuglette [feminine] (French), partie de pêche [feminine] (French), сбор компрома́та (sbor kompromáta) [masculine] (Russian), зонди́рование по́чвы (zondírovanije póčvy) [neuter] (Russian), expedición de pesca [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fishing_expedition-en-noun-RdnxMRu9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 91 9 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'search for (incriminating) information': 98 2
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fishing, expedition. (an outing for catching fish)
    Sense id: en-fishing_expedition-en-noun-e8hRnMe1

Inflected forms

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