lie detector
a polygraph used to determine changes in certain body activities, as blood pressure, pulse, breathing, and perspiration, the results of which may be interpreted to indicate the truth or falsity of a person's answers under questioning.
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How to use lie detector in a sentence
He then convinced Ray to grant a Playboy interview, as part of which he would take a lie detector test.
The Hideous People Behind a ‘Heinously Ugly’ Confederate Statue | Mark Potok | December 19, 2021 | The Daily BeastFor a global partnership between the top social media platforms and brands to create brand safety measurement standards to move ahead, the side holding the purse strings wants a lie detector test.
Police relied on lie detector tests to guide the investigation, and after both men passed, they were released.
The Enquirer story was written by Robin Mizrahi, who interviewed Ferrier and had arranged for her to take a lie detector test.
How Bill Cosby Allegedly Silenced His Accusers Through A Tabloid Smear Campaign | Marlow Stern | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe agreed to meet with tabloid editors in New York City and take a lie detector test to back up her claims.
If you recall, Chase took a lie detector test and he passed.
Family's Best Friend Charged With Murdering Them All | Nina Strochlic | November 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe bent the truth throughout his life to ensure that he was known as the man who had invented the lie detector test.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine | Tom Arnold-Forster | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe acts as a sort of lie detector, but proceeds through elegant narrative rather than binary test.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine | Tom Arnold-Forster | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTaking advantage of the situation, I latched my motorized lie detector onto him and began snapping the questions.
The Misplaced Battleship | Harry Harrison (AKA Henry Maxwell Dempsey)But I have seen individuals who have failed the lie detector test and who were just as innocent as they could be.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyHe was asked whether he would take a lie detector test, and he did.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyI would never want to convict or to send to the penitentiary any person solely on the evidence of the lie detector.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyNow Mr. Warren, I don't know if you got any confidence in the lie detector test and the truth serum, and so on.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for lie detector
a polygraph used esp by a police interrogator to detect false or devious answers to questions, a sudden change in one or more involuntary physiological responses being considered a manifestation of guilt, fear, etc: See polygraph (def. 1), galvanic skin response
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