05800838-n 'an investigation undertaken in the hope (but not the stated purpose) of discovering information';
 
English fishing expedition
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English
an investigation undertaken in the hope (but not the stated purpose) of discovering information
Japanese
情報を発見する目的で行われた調査(しかし特段の目的なしに)
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Hypernym: probe
Semantic Field: cognitionn
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