forensics

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  1. noun The art or study of formal debate; argumentation.
  2. noun The use of science and technology to investigate and establish facts in criminal or civil courts of law.

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  • Though the police might find the killer with their forensics, they might not. —  AHMM,January-February2008
  • This is where they excel…the forensics, the thousands of man-hours it takes to run down every lead. —  ActOfTreason
  • Obviously someone with more training and experience in forensics, a forensic pathologist or anthropologist, should examine the remains. —  Kay Hooper - Out Of The Shadows
  • I want to do the computer three-D image before we leave for Phoenix According to forensics, the boy's been dead for five years. —  Johansen, Iris - Stalemate
  • All the forensics, all the history The social-contribution argument. —  The Bone Collector
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