Dictionary

perlustration en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pɜːlʌˈstɹeɪʃən/

Etymology

From perlustrate.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) the action or fact of perlustrating
2. (countable, uncountable) thorough examination of a document or of correspondence
   • 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. 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire:

Forms

Translations (5)

sh perlustracija (thorough examination of a document or of correspondence) · pl perlustracja (thorough examination of a document or of correspondence) · de Perlustration (thorough examination of a document or of correspondence) · lv perlustrācija (thorough examination of a document or of correspondence) · ru перлюстра́ция (thorough examination of a document or of correspondence)