probe

probe
▪ I. probe probe 1 [prəʊb ǁ proʊb] noun [countable]
JOURNALISM a very thorough examination of something that has happened; = INQUIRY:

• The probe focuses on an unauthorized bid placed by the company two months ago.

probe into/​of

• The agency is conducting a wide-ranging probe into possible collusion and fraud.

• federal probes of trading practices at the Chicago exchanges

  [m0] ▪ II. probe probe 2 verb [intransitive, transitive]
to ask very detailed questions to find something out, especially things people do not want you to know:

• To probe further, I called economist John Mueller.

• The scale of losses is prompting regulators to probe the portfolios of US banks.

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probe UK US /prəʊb/ noun [C]
► the process of asking questions and examining facts in a situation, often in order to discover information that someone may be hiding: corruption/criminal/federal probe »

Alarm bells rang around the City after the investment bank revealed it had widened its accounting probes.

a probe into sth »

The fund manager was arrested following a probe into alleged corruption.

 launch/conduct/open a probe »

The Swiss Banking Commission is conducting a probe into possible insider dealing.

Ⅱ.
probe UK US /prəʊb/ verb [I or T]
► to try to discover information about a situation by asking questions and examining facts: probe into sth »

High-end investors began to probe into the fund's performance and demanded better returns.

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He says the problems prompted him as a journalist to probe deeper, even after the issues disappeared from the media.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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