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"I only hope Gleeson may not hear of the perquisition on his return," said the Knight, in a whisper to Daly.

Before daybreak the police had made a domiciliary perquisition in the apartment, carried off his papers and sealed up his rooms.

The corpses were searched, and the correspondents of foreign newspapers called those thefts the last perquisition.

The result of a military perquisition was to establish convincing proof of the charge of treason.

If there should be a perquisition there, he may be questioned, and may refuse to answer, in order to guard his secret.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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