Antonyms for fishing expeditionfish·ing ex·pe·di·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

1. fishing expeditionnoun

   an investigation undertaken in the hope (but not the stated purpose) of discovering information

How to use fishing expedition in a sentence?

1. Doug Collins:

   Your 81 letters appear to be little more than a deep-sea fishing expedition with the purpose of exposing private matters and airing alleged dirty laundry rather than legislating.

2. Jennifer Granick:

   The government has to show there's incriminating evidence, they can't unlock a phone and have a fishing expedition.

3. Donald Trump:

   This can't become a fishing expedition like the Democrats would like to see The White House be.

4. Alan Dershowitz:

   The key point here is whether accusations against me are true or false, and it's not a fishing expedition to be able to depose her.

5. The Democrats:

   After yesterday’s 11-hour hearing, there can be no remaining doubt that the Benghazi Select Committee is a taxpayer-funded fishing expedition to derail Secretary Clinton's presidential campaign.

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