suss
verb (used with object)
to investigate or figure out (usually followed byout ).
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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He pointed out that the plea agreement refers to a proffer session, earlier in the week, “in which the prosecutors will have sussed out what Manafort might be able to contribute.”
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 14, 2018