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perquisitionner

to search (premises), to conduct a raid

verb pehr-kee-zee-oh-NEH Rare

Usage Note

Perquisitionner is the standard legal and journalistic verb for a police search of a property. The related noun is perquisition (a search/raid). It can be used transitively (perquisitionner un appartement) or intransitively (la police a perquisitionné).

Examples

"La police a perquisitionné l'appartement hier."

Natural Translation

The police searched the apartment yesterday.

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