Meaning

1 senses
  1. (informal)A device designed to detect or indicate when a person is lying by measuring and recording several physiological variables.

    Lügendetektor

    дете́ктор лжи́detéktor lží, полигра́фpoligráf

More definitions
  • a polygraph that records bodily changes sometimes associated with lying

Examples

12 sentences
  1. Tom failed the lie detector test.

    Том не пройшов перевірку на поліграфі.

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  2. Have you ever taken a lie detector test?

    ruТы когда-нибудь проходил тест на детекторе лжи?

    deHast du dich schon einmal einem Lügendetektortest unterzogen?

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  3. Tom was asked to take a lie detector test.

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  4. Tom has agreed to take a lie detector test.

    deTom hat sich zu einem Lügendetektortest bereit erklärt.

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  5. They're trained to beat lie detectors.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
polygraph (informal):
Deutsch
polygraph (informal):

Origin

From lie + detector. First use appears c. 1909. See cite below.

From lie + detector. First use appears c. 1909. See cite below.

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Forms

plural: lie detectors

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

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