to investigate an affair

  • 1affair — n. romantic liaison 1) to carry on, have an affair with 2) a casual; clandestine, secret; illicit; love; tempestuous affair matter event 3) to investigate an affair 4) to cover up, hush up an affair; to wash one s hands of an affair 5) a… …

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  • 2Investigate (New Zealand) — Infobox Magazine title =Investigate image size =200px image caption =The cover of the October 2006 issue of Investigate . editor =Ian Wishart editor title =Editor frequency =Monthly circulation=67,000cite web|url=http://www.nielsenmedia.co.nz/MRI …

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  • 3affair — noun 1 event/situation ADJECTIVE ▪ whole ▪ She saw the whole affair as a great joke. ▪ glittering, grand ▪ I knew that the wedding would be a grand affair. ▪ …

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  • 4investigate — verb ADVERB ▪ carefully, closely, in detail ▪ extensively ▪ adequately, fully, properly, thoroughly …

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  • 5Affair of honor — Honor Hon or ([o^]n [ e]r), n. [OE. honor, honour, onour, onur, OF. honor, onor, honur, onur, honour, onour, F. honneur, fr. L. honor, honos.] [Written also {honour}.] 1. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration;… …

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  • 6investigate — [[t]ɪnve̱stɪgeɪt[/t]] ♦♦ investigates, investigating, investigated VERB If someone, especially an official, investigates an event, situation, or claim, they try to find out what happened or what is the truth. [V n] Gas officials are investigating …

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  • 7Plame affair — (CIA leak) investigation Related topics and issues 2003 invasion of Iraq ( Operation Iraqi Freedom ) Contempt / Obstruction / Perjury Grand jury Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (full text) …

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  • 8LAVON AFFAIR, THE — The Lavon Affair began with a security mishap, which was at first referred to as the esek bish ( the bad business ). At the beginning of July 1954, an Israel initiated intelligence operation in egypt , involving a plan to plant bombs in several… …

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  • 9John Edwards extramarital affair — John Edwards, a former United States Senator from North Carolina and Democratic Party presidential candidate, admitted in August 2008 to an extramarital affair, which was initially reported by The National Enquirer , an American supermarket… …

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  • 10Brown Dog affair — The Brown Dog affair was a political controversy about vivisection that raged in Edwardian England from 1903 until 1910. It involved the infiltration of University of London medical lectures by Swedish women activists, pitched battles between… …

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