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Truth serum

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A psychoactive medication, especially one administered by injection, which supposedly renders a person cooperative and disposed to respond honestly to questions. countable, informal, uncountable

    "There is a difference of opinion among criminologists as the relative merits of the truth serum test over the lie detector test. The former relies upon producing a state of near unconsciousness in the subject by injection of controlled dosages of sodium amytal."

  2. 2
    an intravenous anesthetic drug that has a hypnotic effect; induces relaxation and weakens inhibitions; is believed to induce people to talk freely wordnet

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