dossier
a collection or file of documents on the same subject, especially a complete file containing detailed information about a person or topic.
Origin of dossier
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How to use dossier in a sentence
American spies have detailed dossiers on the North Koreans who the U.S. says were behind the Sony attack.
U.S. Spies Say They Tracked ‘Sony Hackers’ For Years | Shane Harris | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAs declassified dossiers reveal, with them they brought Nazi scientists from Operation Paperclip.
What Cold War CIA Interrogators Learned from the Nazis | Annie Jacobsen | February 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was arrested in 2007 for keeping illegal dossiers on 4,000 people, including journalists and politicians.
This Is Where the World’s Richest People Hide Their Money | Eliza Shapiro | April 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt's enough to say that we've been thoroughly infiltrated, and that most of their agents have absolutely impeccable dossiers.
Security | Poul William AndersonI made many other strange discoveries in that most extraordinary of dossiers.
My Memoirs | Marguerite Steinheil
At the time of his death, Sardou had many hundreds of these dossiers, old and new.
Dramatic Technique | George Pierce Baker"I looked at the dossiers on my husband's table because Monsieur Lachkarioff asked me to do so," she declared.
The Minister of Evil | William Le QueuxIn the office of one village I visited I was permitted to examine the dossiers of some of the inhabitants.
The Foundations of Japan | J.W. Robertson Scott
British Dictionary definitions for dossier
/ (ˈdɒsɪˌeɪ, -sɪə, French dosje) /
a collection of papers containing information on a particular subject or person
Origin of dossier
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