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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