polygraph machine

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According to trial testimony, they had hooked her up to a polygraph machine and blitzed her with questions after she found the clothes.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

The vintage polygraph machine was packed up to be returned to its Brooklyn home.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2024

More recently, lie detection has largely been equated with the juddering styluses of the polygraph machine – the quintessential lie detector beloved by daytime television hosts and police procedurals.

From The Guardian • Sep. 5, 2019

A polygraph machine could be used for risk management.

From Encyclopedia.com • Sep. 19, 2018

My job was to persuade our squirrelly witness to submit to Holmes’s polygraph machine.

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2018