perquisition
Example Sentences
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"What luck!" cried Elodie, when she heard the result of the perquisition.
From The Mountebank by William John Locke
Denounced to the Legislative Assembly by the directory of the department of Rhone-et-Loire for having made a nocturnal domiciliary perquisition, he was sent to the bar of the Assembly, which approved of his conduct.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
It contained—not papers regarding the conspiracy—but my lady's wigs, washes, and rouge-pots, and Victoire said men were monsters, as the Captain went on with his perquisition.
From The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne by William Makepeace Thackeray
"Colbert, have you made a perquisition at the house of M. Fouquet?"
From The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Alexandre Dumas père
"I only hope Gleeson may not hear of the perquisition on his return," said the Knight, in a whisper to Daly.
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Charles James Lever
