cross-examine

/ˌkrɒsɪgˈzæmɪn/ verb [T] LAW

Definition

› to ask someone detailed questions, especially in a law court, in order to discover if what they said earlier was true: Expert witnesses were cross-examined on their statements about how the accident had occurred.

cross-examination noun [C or U] › Under cross-examination the witness admitted that she had been lying.

(Definition of cross-examine verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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