Pronunciations (3)
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/fəˈɹɛn.zɪk/
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/fəˈɹɛn.sɪk/
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fəˈɹɛn.zɪk
Adjective
Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.
Usage- not-comparable
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forensic analysis; forensic examination; forensic evidence; forensic investigation; forensic pathologist
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In this account of events, the cards were stacked against Clemons from the beginning. His appeal lawyers have argued that he was physically beaten into making a confession, the jury was wrongfully selected and misdirected, and his conviction largely achieved on individual testimony with no supporting forensic evidence presented.
Fire investigators […] and forensic chemists are combing through fire sites [the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing], interviewing witnesses, and following leads.
Relating to, or appropriate for, courts of law; suitable or adapted to legal argumentation.
Usage- Dated
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Varus trusted implicitly […] to the interest which they affected to take in the forensic eloquence of their conquerors.
Mr. Philips’ incredulous sniff was a triumph of forensic skill.
Precise, thorough, or highly meticulous, by analogy with a scientific legal investigation.
Usage- Informal
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A forensic account of history
With forensic precision
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It [the judiciary] had been the forum before which the highest forensic discussions had been held, […]
Relating to forms of disability associated with criminal risk.
Usage- not-comparable
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a forensic learning disability
patients with forensic needs
Relating to, or used in, debate or argument.
Usage- Archaic
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Adjective
of, relating to, or used in public debate or argument
used or applied in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law
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forensic photograph
forensic ballistics