Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
/fəˈɹɛn.zɪk/ · adjective
Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law..
In this account of events, the cards were stacked against Clemons from the beginning. His appeal lawyers have argued that he was physically beaten into making a confession, the jury was wrongfully selected and misdirected, and his conviction largely achieved on individual testimony with no supporting forensic evidence presented.
Fire investigators […] and forensic chemists are combing through fire sites [the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing], interviewing witnesses, and following leads.
Varus trusted implicitly […] to the interest which they affected to take in the forensic eloquence of their conquerors.
Mr. Philips’ incredulous sniff was a triumph of forensic skill.
A forensic account of history
With forensic precision
It [the judiciary] had been the forum before which the highest forensic discussions had been held, […]
a forensic learning disability
Use forensic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Forensic means Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law..
Common synonyms include Related, appropriate for a court of law, rhetorical.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In this account of events, the cards were stacked against Clemons from the beginning. His appeal lawyers have argued that he was physically beaten into making a confession, the jury was wrongfully selected and misdirected, and his conviction largely achieved on individual testimony with no supporting forensic evidence presented.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.