Definitions | perlustration |
| noun
- the action or fact of perlustrate, perlustrating
- thorough examination of a document or of correspondence
- 1962: Yes, after a thorough 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
Etymology: From perlustrate.
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