inquisition

IPA: ɪnkwʌzˈɪʃʌn

An inquiry or investigation into the truth of some matter.
An inquest.
A questioning.
The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.
(historical) A tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church set up to investigate and suppress heresy.
(by extension) A harsh or rigorous interrogation that violates the rights of an individual.

Examples of "inquisition" in Sentences

This Wall Street inquisition is just political theater.
Nothing quite says medieval the way the word 'inquisition' does.
Nothing quite says 'medieval' the way the word 'inquisition' does.
It was the forecast to each man of what each man might expect in inquisition hall.
So I got a couple of paragraphs written, a passable but over priced lunch was consumed but I didn’t want to linger for the next round of inquisition from the lonely woman.
The open flames recall the inquisition he didn't live through, and the sweet, dripping, falling-off-the-bone meat reminds us of why we adhere to the Catholic faith and not the religion of his Moorish oppressors: it doesn't ban bacon!
Whether or not Mr. Levant may possess by ideology or by virtue of his religious or ethnic lineage, a certain bias which would present a kind of imbalance in impartial argument, it cannot be said that Mr. Levant did not possess the freedom of expression to publish the Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, and the undue expenses he incurred from that earlier inquisition is the real crime.