(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.
“I'll always remember this building as the place I first did oppo research. In the '90s, you actually had to go to the State Ethics Commission to pull and copy disclosure reports, and the SEC was in the unattractive predecessor to what is illustrated below.”
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