durchsuchen
to search (premises or a person); to carry out a search
verb doorkh-ZOO-khen Rare
Usage Note
durchsuchen in a legal context refers to an official police search of a home, vehicle, or person, normally requiring a judicial warrant (Durchsuchungsbeschluss). It is separable when meaning 'to rummage through' but inseparable in the legal-official sense.
Examples
"Die Beamten durchsuchten die Wohnung nach Drogen und Waffen."
Natural Translation
The officers searched the apartment for drugs and weapons.
Literal Translation
The officers searched-through the apartment after drugs and weapons.
Related Words
- Abmahnschreiben formal warning letter (demanding cessation of unlawful conduct)
- Abschiebung deportation
- Akteneinsicht access to files
- Amtsgericht local court
- Amtspflicht official duty; duty of care owed by a public official
- Anfechtungsklage action for annulment
- Angeklagte defendant
- Anhörung hearing; right to be heard (before a decision is made)
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