fishing expedition

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

fishing expedition (plural fishing expeditions)

1. (idiomatic, law, informal, derogatory) A search for information, especially incriminating information, that is conducted without specific direction or goal, in the hope that something may turn up.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fishing,‎ expedition. (an outing for catching fish)

Translations

search for (incriminating) information

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 钓鱼执法 (zh) (diàoyú zhífǎ)

• Finnish: esitutkinta (fi)
• French: recherche à l’aveuglette f, partie de pêche f
• Russian: сбор компрома́та m (sbor kompromáta), зонди́рование по́чвы n (zondírovanije póčvy)
• Spanish: expedición de pesca f