The Clue
Scrutinized, with ill intent (5 letter answer)
The Answer
CASED
Tags
Notes
The answer CASED is common and appears about once every 350 puzzles.
Related Clues
In a box
Boxed
Enclosed
Investigated
Packed
Checked the joint
Checked out
Examined carefully
Inspected for a heist
Inspected the joint
Put in a container
Scoped out
Sized up
Studied "the joint"
Surveyed surreptitiously
Checked before a heist
Examined, as before a robbery
Examined before robbing
Inspected, Sutton style
Like bottles of beer
Like some joints
Like warehouse goods
Looked the joint over
Looked over carefully
Looked over the joint
Looked over larcenously
Looked over, in a way
Sized up the joint
Checked out before robbing
Gave a place the once-over
Took a first look, as a crook
Definition
CASE as a verb:
1. look over, usually with the intention to rob; "They men cased the housed"
2. (encase, incase, case) = enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud"
CASED as an adjective:
1. (cased, encased, incased) = covered or protected with or as if with a case; "knights cased in steel"; "products encased in leatherette"
2. enclosed in a case