0 past participle, past simple of cross-examine
1 to ask detailed questions of someone, especially a witness in a trial, in order to discover if they have been telling the truth
All par ticipants were also cross-examined by representatives from the other side.
In civil cases, report writers are usually cross-examined under oath in a discovery procedure called a "deposition" (chapter 7).
There is no question of drivers being cross-examined by parking meter attendants when they go to collect their cars from the parking place.
It is very important to decide what the practical position should be when a child is in the next-door room being questioned or cross-examined.
If the reverend gentleman was stating things that were not true, why was he not cross-examined at the court-martial in regard to them?
The witnesses would have been examined and cross-examined and tested in every way, and would have spoken under threat if they committed, perjury.
Informers cannot be cross-examined, because their lives would be in danger.
Commissioners and their civil servants can very easily be brought in to be questioned and cross-examined.
