scrutinize

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She allowed him to draw his own cheques, but there was hardly a cheque that she did not scrutinize--except for a private account of about five hundred a year which, tacitly, she allowed him to keep for expenditure on his mistress or mistresses.

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  1. transitive verb To examine or observe with great care; inspect critically.

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  • He moved over to the bookcase and crouched down to scrutinize the titles. —  Watson's Choice - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 28 - 1955
  • As companies undertake their yearend audits, the Exchange has urged the audit professionals, Audit Committees (AC) and ID to scrutinize areas such as cash balances, account receivables and assessment of off-balance sheet items. —  Bobsguide News
  • Contentious debates scrutinize issues of science, economics, values, geopolitics and a host of other concerns. —  Open CRS: Recent Reports
  • It's become a sport to scrutinize, and to criticize, plea bargains, and it's easy until you look closely at the case and can sometimes conclude that the prosecutor did the best he or she could under the circumstances. —  Blog updates
  • Congress - the very entity which authorized fractional reserve banking and the Federal Reserve ability effectiveyl control our economy - is now going to "scrutinize" it?!? —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
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scrutinize:   scrutinizing ·  scrutinized ·  scrutinizes
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/ˈskrutɪnaɪz/
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