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canvassed

/ˈkænvəst/B2

(在某地区)进行调查/拉票 (v.)

警匪剧高频专业词汇。指在特定区域挨家挨户地「排查、盘问、搜集线索」,也可以在选举中指「挨门挨户拉票」。

Captain, we swept the scene, ran the prints,
canvassed the building. We followed procedure.
"Procedure" is just a fancy word for proper order to do things.