perlustration

See also: Perlustration

English

Etymology

From perlustrate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɜːlʌˈstɹeɪʃən/

Noun

perlustration (countable and uncountable, plural perlustrations)

1. the action or fact of perlustrating
2. 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