perlustration
English
Etymology
From perlustrate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɜːlʌˈstɹeɪʃən/
Noun
perlustration (countable and uncountable, plural perlustrations)
- the action or fact of perlustrating
- thorough examination of a document or of correspondence
- 1962: Yes, after a thorough perlustration of the loot that Andron and Niagarushka had obtained from the Queen's rosewood writing desk (mostly bills, and treasured snapshots, and those silly medals) a letter from the King did turn up — Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
Translations
thorough examination of a document or of correspondence
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