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fishing expedition


An open-ended investigation with no defined purpose, usually launched by one party seeking damaging information about another. These inquiries are compared to fishing because they pull up whatever they happen to catch.

SEE ALSO:

  1. push poll
  2. straight ticket
  3. codel
  4. gotcha question
  5. chum
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