perquisition
Example Sentences
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The result of a military perquisition was to establish convincing proof of the charge of treason.
From Rome in 1860 by Edward Dicey
At the head of the gangway he encountered Captain Jenness and Mr. Watterson, who had completed the perquisition they had remained to make in his state-room.
From The Lady of the Aroostook by William Dean Howells
Which has occasioned Collins and myself to institute a perquisition whether the French ever have shown any kind of idea of the supernatural; and to decide this rather in the negative.
From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by John Forster
"Colbert, did you make a perquisition on the house of M. Fouquet?"
From The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas père
He did not take part in the perquisition, but sat down in the centre of the room and sprawled over the table with the air of one who was in authority.
From The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
