inquisition

Verhör, Ausfragen

Viele oder nachdrückliche Fragen, die der befragten Person oft unangenehm sind.

In einfachem Englisch: A series of questions, often so many or so forceful that they make someone uncomfortable.

• Dinner turned into an inquisition.
• I endured an inquisition about my new boyfriend.
• Why does every family visit involve an inquisition?

So benutzt man es: inquisition about something (I faced an inquisition about where I had been.)

Synonyme: interrogation, questioning, grilling

Häufige Wendungen: endless inquisition, face an inquisition, inquisition about something

Inquisition, Hexenjagd

Eine Untersuchung, die als ungerecht gilt, weil sie Menschen wegen ihrer Überzeugungen oder Meinungen verfolgt.

In einfachem Englisch: An investigation seen as unfairly targeting people because of their beliefs or opinions.

• Critics called the inquiry an inquisition.
• The committee's investigation became a political inquisition.
• Several writers lost their jobs during the ideological inquisition.

Synonyme: witch hunt

Häufige Wendungen: political inquisition, ideological inquisition, inquisition against someone

Untersuchung, Ermittlung

Eine Untersuchung, die durchgeführt wird, um die Wahrheit über eine Sache herauszufinden.

In einfachem Englisch: An investigation carried out to find the truth about something.

• An inquisition was ordered.
• The committee conducted an inquisition into the dispute.
• Its records describe an official inquisition into the ownership of the land.

So benutzt man es: inquisition into something (The council ordered an inquisition into the missing funds.)

Synonyme: investigation, inquiry

Häufige Wendungen: official inquisition, conduct an inquisition, inquisition into something

gerichtliche Untersuchung

Eine amtliche rechtliche Untersuchung, oft zu einem Todesfall, oder deren schriftliches Ergebnis.

In einfachem Englisch: An official legal inquiry, often into a death, or the written finding of that inquiry.

• The coroner held an inquisition.
• The jury's inquisition recorded an accidental death.
• A copy of the inquisition was filed with the court.

Synonyme: inquest

Häufige Wendungen: coroner's inquisition, jury's inquisition, hold an inquisition