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oppo research

oppo research noun: research into one's opponent's family, friends, and past, which aims to uncover activities or interests which embarrass or discredit them.

Noun

oppo research (uncountable)

  1. (US, informal) Research into one's opponent's family, friends, and past, which aims to uncover activities or interests which embarrass or discredit them.
    • And anyway, after all he had discovered, he’d grown deeply concerned by the prospect of a Trump presidency. So he found Democratic donors whose checks would keep his oppo research going strong.2017, Howard Blum, “How ex-spy Christopher Steele compiled his explosive Trump-Russia dossier”, in Vanity Fair

Origin of oppo research

Clipped compound of opposition research.

Questions about oppo research

What does oppo research mean?
Oppo research means research into one's opponent's family, friends, and past, which aims to uncover activities or interests which embarrass or discredit them.
What part of speech is oppo research?
Oppo research is a noun.

Words near oppo research in the dictionary

  1. oppings
  2. Oppland
  3. opplete
  4. oppletion
  5. oppo
  6. oppo research
  7. oppo taco
  8. oppoes
  9. oppone
  10. opponed
  11. opponencies

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