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Noun: leading question  'lee-ding'kwes-chun
  1. A question phrased in such a way as to suggest the desired answer; a lawyer may ask leading questions on cross-examination
    "The attorney was reprimanded for asking too many leading questions during the trial"

Derived forms: leading questions

Type of: interrogation, interrogative, interrogative sentence, query, question

Part of: cross-examination

Encyclopedia: Leading question