Definition of Smoking gun

1. Noun. Indisputable evidence (especially of a crime).

Generic synonyms: Evidence

Definition of Smoking gun

1. Noun. (idiomatic) Evidence, particularly of a crime, that is difficult or impossible to dispute. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Smoking Gun

smokey quartz
smokie
smokier
smokies
smokiest
smokily
smokiness
smokinesses
smoking-gun
smoking car
smoking carriage
smoking cessation
smoking compartment
smoking dope
smoking gun
smoking guns
smoking jacket
smoking jackets
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smoking room
smoking rooms
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smokings
smokist
smokists
smoko

Literary usage of Smoking gun

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Digest of Education Statistics (1999) edited by Thomas D. Snyder (2000)
"On April 4th 1997, Captain Barnes and I were on the receiving end of that "smoking gun;" however, it would be determined at the highest levels of the United ..."

2. Jury And The Search For Truth: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary edited by Orrin G. Hatch (1998)
"The other person is the equally unreasonably searched, but they find the smoking gun in his house and they know, then, he is a murderer or a rapist and they ..."

3. Taking Off the Blindfold by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1994)
"Part 23 What were the alleged impeachable offenses committed by President Nixon and the so-called “smoking gun” evidence which was supposed to back up the ..."

4. Bureaucracy of Repression: The Iraqi Government in Its Own Words by Joost R. Hiltermann (1994)
"They include highlights (for example, the two main "smoking gun" documents), as well as some documents that would be considered of lesser significance for ..."

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