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dossier
[ dos-ee-ey, -ee-er, daw-see-ey, -see-er; French daw-syey ]
dossier
/ ˈdɒsɪˌeɪ; dosje; -sɪə /
noun
- a collection of papers containing information on a particular subject or person
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Origin of dossier1
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Example Sentences
And yet, a dossier of allegations involving human rights could not help any cardinal at a moment like that.
Last year, the Home Office said the dossier had mysteriously disappeared from the archives.
Recently, when whistleblowers finally surfaced, the Home Office officials could find no trace of the dossier.
He copies and pastes the listing into an ever-expanding dossier of suspected loot.
He was released from the case in 2007 for “showing bias against the McCanns” according to the court dossier.
"You have had access to my dossier—I feel sure you have, monsieur," Paul said, addressing Pierrepont.
The dossier is not complete, but, such as it is, it furnishes a riddle in which the supernatural appears to play a part.
The former opinion was, no doubt, justified by the evidence which the lost dossier contained.
Meanwhile, my secretary will give you a complete dossier on my planned Official Bulletin.
He placed the dossier back in a drawer and, lighting a cigar, paced up and down the room puffing furiously.
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