dossier
/-si.ɚ/
UK: /ˈdɒs.i.eɪ/
-si · ɚ (2 syllables)
English
Noun Top 20,501
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Definition
A collection of papers and/or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject, together with a synopsis of their content.
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French dossier.
Example Sentences
- "For Lothian and Borders Police, the early-morning raid had come at the end one of biggest investigations carried out by the force, which had originally presented a dossier of evidence on the murder of Jodi Jones to the Edinburgh procurator-fiscal, William Gallagher, on 25 November last year."
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