The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cross-examining
Cross-examine \Cross"-ex*am"ine\ (-?m"?n), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Cross-examined (-?nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cross-examining.]
(Law)
To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and
examined by the opposite party. ``The opportunity to
cross-examine the witnesses.''
--Kent.
Usage examples of "cross-examining".
He shouldn’t have to drag answers out of Johnny like a cop cross-examining a hostile suspect.
How do you think they'll feel having some stranger cross-examining them on the holiday?
Tomorrow she would be cross-examining the defendant in a murder case she was prosecuting.
There had been people who had questioned their plans closely, almost cross-examining them .