fishing expedition

Other forms: fishing expeditions

Definitions of fishing expedition
  1. noun
    an investigation undertaken in the hope (but not the stated purpose) of discovering information
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    type of:
    investigation, probe
    an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities
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