oppo researchとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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oppo research (uncountable)

1. (US, politics, informal) Research into one's opponent's family, friends, and past, which aims to uncover activities or interests which embarrass or discredit them.
   • 2017, Howard Blum, ‘How ex-spy Christopher Steele compiled his explosive Trump-Russia dossier’, Vanity Fair:

     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.