inquisitorial English

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inquisitorial

— adjective especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge

— adjective having the authority to conduct official investigations the inquisitorial power of the Senate

— adjective marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor the press was inquisitorial to the point of antagonism a practical police force with true inquisitorial talents — Waldo Frank

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inquisitive

inquisitional