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English to English adjective
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especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge |  | source: wordnet30
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Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial power. | | source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor | | Example: the press was inquisitorial to the point of antagonism
a practical police force with true inquisitorial talents
source: wordnet30
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having the authority to conduct official investigations | | Example: the inquisitorial power of the Senate
source: wordnet30
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