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Word: inspecto (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1949-1949
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Usage:

...back the lining of his shoe, chiseled a hole in the heel big enough to hold a tiny (3 by 1 by ¾ in.) Minox camera, then concealed it with the lining. Migon had thus carried the camera undetected past the X-ray eyes of the Cook County jail "inspecto-scope," which had looked no farther down than his ankles. Once seated at the execution, Cameraman Migon slipped off his shoe, fished out the camera and made his shot while the eyes of other witnesses were fixed on the dreadful scene at the electric chair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Pious Service | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

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