“The customs agent
examined the baggage”
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search
subject to a search
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x-ray
examine by taking x-rays
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candle
examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light
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autopsy
perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem
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auscultate
examine by auscultation
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survey
look over carefully or inspect
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glance over, rake, run down, scan, skim
examine hastily
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scan
examine minutely or intensely
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peruse
examine or consider with attention and in detail
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scrutinise, scrutinize, size up, take stock
to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
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look, search
search or seek
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inspect
look over carefully
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check
make an examination or investigation
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go over, review, survey
hold a review (of troops)
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hunt
search (an area) for prey
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raid
search for something needed or desired
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frisk
search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
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strip-search
search (someone) for weapons or drugs by having the person remove their clothes
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scan
make a wide, sweeping search of
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go, rifle
go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
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rummage
search haphazardly
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comb, ransack
search thoroughly
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glass
scan (game in the forest) with binoculars
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flick, flip, leaf, riff, riffle, thumb
look through a book or other written material
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prospect
search for something desirable
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perambulate
make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property)
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case
look over, usually with the intention to rob
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vet
examine carefully
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overlook
watch over
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horn in, intrude, nose, poke, pry
search or inquire in a meddlesome way
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screen, test
test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
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countercheck
check a second time
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breathalyse, breathalyze
test someone's alcohol level in his blood by means of a breathalyzer
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delve
search for something in a receptacle or container