forensic scientist

collocation in English

meaningsofforensicandscientist

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forensic
adjective[before noun]
us
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/fəˈren.zɪk/
related to scientific methods of solving crimes, involving examining the objects or substances that are involved in ...
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scientist
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsaɪən.tɪst/us
/ˈsaɪən.tɪst/
an expert who studies or works in one of ...
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(Definition offorensicandscientistfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is no such thing as aforensicscientist.
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But aforensicscientistis not like a police officer and could not properly comply with these duties.
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If a police officer orforensicscientistwants to tell lies, nobody can stop them.
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We hope that you will be acting as a doctor and not as aforensicscientist.
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It is the responsibility of the solicitor who commissions a report from an expert, such as an independentforensicscientist, to pay for the report.
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We were also made aware of the extent to which evidence is destroyed or insufficiently dealt with if noforensicscientistis present.
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The evidence of aforensicscientistcast doubt on the suggestion that the rider had been thrown from the motor cycle while it was moving.
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This is the chief function of aforensicscientist.
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It is necessary to understand the contribution of theforensicscientistin other than accounting and administration terms.
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I cannot remember the title of the show, but he played aforensicscientistwho solved every case that came into his laboratory.
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One would have to be aforensicscientist—perhaps a politicalforensicscientist—to spot the differences.
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This amounts to treating aforensicscientistor similar person as if he was a police officer.
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Our two final recommendations about the role of theforensicscientistas a witness attempt to close that cultural gap between law and science.
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At one stage aforensicscientistin the witness box had a chart.
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It is important to recognise that theforensicscientistis not a servant of the court nor is he or she paid by it.
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It takes many years to produce a goodforensicscientist.
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Clift should be treated as a fully competentforensicscientist.
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I was interested to note in subsection (4) that aforensicscientistis authorised to do certain things and, in subsection (4) (b) (i), "is a constable".
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After many years, it became clear that theforensicscientistwho had given that evidence had been an unreliable witness on many occasions, particularly at that trial.
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One cannot, by looking at papers, detect whether a police officer has been dishonest, whether aforensicscientisthas made a mistake or whether a witness was in error.
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