scrutiny
/ˈskɹu.tɪ.ni/ sustantivo C1En español: escrutinio, escudriño, escudriñamiento, escrutación
- Intense study of someone or something.
- Thorough inspection of a situation or a case. · come under scrutiny
- An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
- A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
- An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.
Plural scrutinies
De la biblioteca
Let me hasten to add,” continued he, “that the testator, having only the right to alienate a part of his fortune, and having alienated it all, the will will not bear scrutiny, and is declared null and void.”
Have you really measured the world by scrutinies, or through alembics and crucibles?
“And then,” said Madame de Villefort, endeavoring by a struggle, and with effort, to get away from her thoughts, “however skilfully it is prepared, crime is always crime, and if it avoid human scrutiny, it does not escape the eye of God.
Having finished his scrutiny, he proceeded slowly down the path, or rather down the fringe of grass which flanked the path, keeping his eyes riveted upon the ground.
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