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Fishing expedition   /fˈɪʃɪŋ ˌɛkspədˈɪʃən/   Listen
Fishing expedition

noun
1.
An investigation undertaken in the hope (but not the stated purpose) of discovering information.





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"Fishing expedition" Quotes from Famous Books



... tide of disorder," was threatened with the vengeance of its heathen neighbours. A quantity of liquor was landed there by a party of Kitahmaht Indians for sale. It was at once seized. In revenge for this, they stole a little boy belonging to the village while he was on a fishing expedition with his parents. "Horrible to write, the poor little fellow was literally worried to death, being torn to pieces by the mouths of a set of cannibals at a ...
— Metlakahtla and the North Pacific Mission • Eugene Stock
... flower-garlanded all the time. When the himine singers came on board to sing, the maidens kissed us welcome, and the crew, from captain to cabin-boy, lost its heart to the maidens of Bora Bora. Tehei got up a big fishing expedition in our honour, to which we went in a double canoe, paddled by a dozen strapping Amazons. We were relieved that no fish were caught, else the Snark would have ...
— The Cruise of the Snark • Jack London


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