perquisition

Example Sentences

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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 Thackeray, William Makepeace

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

From The Eternal City by Caine, Hall, Sir

"Gentlemen," said the inspector, "we are charged to make a perquisition, and must ask you for the keys of your desks."

From The Eternal City by Caine, Hall, Sir

"What luck!" cried Elodie, when she heard the result of the perquisition.

From The Mountebank by Locke, William John

When the Commissaries, wearing tricolour ribands at their necks, arrived to carry out their perquisition, they found scarcely anything but such trifles as it had been deemed judicious to let them discover.

From The Gods are Athirst by Jackson, Emilie