forensic

CEFRC1

/fəˈɹɛn.zɪk/

adjective

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In plain English

01
adjective
Relating to scientific methods used to investigate crimes.
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adjective
Extra detail
Precise, thorough, or highly meticulous, by analogy with a scientific legal investigation.

Examples

The Forensic Investigation Unit is trying to determine the cause of today's fire.
The forensic technician found gunshot residue on the victim's hand.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

Relating to, or appropriate for, courts of law; suitable or adapted to legal argumentation.
Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.
Relating to forms of disability associated with criminal risk.

In context

forensic analysis; forensic examination; forensic evidence; forensic investigation; forensic pathologist
A forensic account of history
With forensic precision

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Fire investigators […] and forensic chemists are combing through fire sites [the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing], interviewing witnesses, and following leads.
1996 June 8, Bill Clinton, Weekly Presidential radio Address
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.
2012 August 21, Ed Pilkington, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian
Varus trusted implicitly […] to the interest which they affected to take in the forensic eloquence of their conquerors.
1851, Edward Shepherd Creasy, “Chapter V”, in The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World
Mr. Philips’ incredulous sniff was a triumph of forensic skill.
1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 164
It [the judiciary] had been the forum before which the highest forensic discussions had been held, […]
1885, Isaac N. Arnold, “Chapter VIII”, in The Life of Abraham Lincoln

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From Latin forēnsis (“of the forum, public”) + -ic, from forum (“forum, marketplace”).