criminal inquiry
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcriminalandinquiry
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criminal
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈkrɪm.ɪ.nəl/us/ˈkrɪm.ə.nəl/
relating ...
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inquiry
noun
uk/ɪnˈkwaɪə.ri/us/ˈɪŋ.kwɚ.i/
(the process of asking) ...
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(Definition ofcriminalandinquiryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The investigation proceeded on the same basis as any othercriminalinquiry—that is, by interviewing witnesses and recovering evidence, albeit on an enormous scale.
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Acriminalinquiryis one thing; what purports to be acriminalinquiryin substance is another.
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She further says that there should be a police orcriminalinquiry.
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However, in acriminalinquirypolicemen cannot demand information in the way that he suggests if the person concerned is merely a witness.
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In total, during thecriminalinquiry, some 70 countries made inquiries on behalf of the investigating authorities.
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Either a proceeding is acriminalinquiry, or it is not.
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The inquiry was conducted expressly from the point of view of citizens' rights and is critical of a variety of aspects of thecriminalinquiry.
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Is not the giving of evidence in acriminalinquirya public duty which most citizens are ready to perform willingly and which the others are always compellable to perform?
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Was this, in substance, acriminalinquiry?
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It is quite understandable that he should be there dealing with the interest expressed in this event which he himself described as a uniquecriminalinquiry.
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The information exchanged can include criminal records as well as information about the results of criminal inquiries.
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The inquest cannot investigate whether criminal inquiries have been pursued energetically unless it knows what information was available to those who conducted the inquiries.
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Therefore, it is argued, the police must have this sort of power in order to make effective criminal inquiries.
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He will understand that, as that matter is now subject to criminal inquiries, it would be quite wrong for me to comment on it.
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During the investigation, members of the investigating team visited no fewer than 23 countries to pursue criminal inquiries.
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We have to be very careful not to prejudice the criminal inquiries.
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Criminal inquiries are conducted under the supervision of the judiciary (depending on the phase, under the supervision of the public prosecutor or of an investigative judge).
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