perlustration

See also: 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, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire:
  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.

Translations

thorough examination of a document or of correspondence

German: Perlustration f
Latvian: perlustrācija f
Russian: перлюстра́ция (ru) f (perljustrácija) (law)
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: perlustracija (sh) f

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