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truth serum
noun[ U or C ]
uk /ˈtruːθ ˌsɪə.rəm/ us /ˈtruːθ ˌsɪr.əm/
a drug used to make people tell the truth: （使人吐露真情的）诱供麻醉药，吐真药
Investigators considered the use of truth serum to sweat information out of suspected terrorists.调查人员曾考虑使用诱供麻醉药从恐怖分子嫌疑人身上获取信息。
The CIA experimented with truth serums.中情局曾试验过吐真药。
Years ago, small amounts of sodium thiopental were sometimes used as a truth serum to make people responsive while being questioned.
Truth serums were used on World War II spy suspects by agents of the Office of Strategic Services.
More sophisticated truth serums have included scopolamine and the barbiturates sodium pentothal and sodium amytal.
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