perquisition
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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 William Makepeace Thackeray
"What luck!" cried Elodie, when she heard the result of the perquisition.
From The Mountebank by William John Locke
I carried out a perquisition in his rooms.
From The Aspirations of Jean Servien by Anatole France
The result of a military perquisition was to establish convincing proof of the charge of treason.
From Rome in 1860 by Edward Dicey
Patriot Municipality despatches official Narrative and tidings to Paris; orders numerous or innumerable arrestments for inquest and perquisition.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
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