as in polygraph
an instrument for detecting physical signs of the tension that goes with lying
hooked the suspect up to a lie detector before interrogating him about the robbery
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Recent Examples of lie detector
Capricorn Clark, who worked for Combs in two stints from 2004 to 2018, told a Manhattan jury that she was made to take lie detector tests over five days after three pieces of Combs' jewelry went missing.
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Janelle Griffith, People.com, 27 May 2025
George Kaplan, another former assistant who worked for Combs, testified last week that he was also ordered to take a lie detector test on two different occasions during his employment.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 27 May 2025
Clark also testified that she was subjected to a lie detector test after Combs accused her of stealing jewelry.
—Jenna Sundel
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
The lie detector test lasted five days, with a security guard driving Clark home every night and picking her up every morning.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 27 May 2025
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Janelle Griffith, People.com, 27 May 2025
George Kaplan, another former assistant who worked for Combs, testified last week that he was also ordered to take a lie detector test on two different occasions during his employment.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 27 May 2025
Clark also testified that she was subjected to a lie detector test after Combs accused her of stealing jewelry.
—Jenna Sundel
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
The lie detector test lasted five days, with a security guard driving Clark home every night and picking her up every morning.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lie detector
polygraph
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Nova Scotia's Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced on Wednesday that investigators have conducted polygraph interviews as part of the effort to determine what happened to Lilly and Jack Sullivan, siblings who vanished from their home in Lansdowne Station on May 2.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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Others suggested that any joke made by the leader about the upcoming season was delivered in poor taste, offending agency staff already suffering from low morale amid a flurry of resignations, firings, leadership overhauls and polygraph tests distributed to staffers.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
2 June 2025
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“Lie detector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lie%20detector. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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