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"lie detector" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to a device or process used to determine whether someone is telling the truth or not. For example: "The suspect was asked to take a lie detector test to determine if he had been telling the truth about the crime."
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lie detector
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A polygraph, a device which measures and records several physiological variables such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiration and skin conductivity while a series of questions is being asked to a subject, in an attempt to detect lies.
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"Lie detector?" Chan asks.
Give me a lie detector".
He passed two lie detector tests.
"We were all subjected to lie detector tests.
"The lie detector test [idea] came from me," he said.
Lawyers announced that the couple had passed lie detector tests.
But Mr. Rivera failed a lie detector test.
Q. Are lie detector tests scientific? A. A lie detector, or polygraph, indicates physical changes that occur in response to questions.
Internal affairs investigators conducted hundreds of interviews and gave lie detector tests to several inmates.
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