Why 「と」 in 「行為と受け取り」? (And 「洞察」)


Same short story, another sentence I kinda get (maybe), but I'm missing
something:

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> 親子関係に見て取れぬでもないその二人は、トーマス井口が店の中に入ってきた途端に揃ってガッと目を剥き、信来の客の容貌をしげしげと観察し出した。極端な度合いの非礼
> **洞察** 行為 **と受け取り** はしたものの、トーマス井口は意に介さず、真っ直ぐに店内の最奥に位置する勘定台のほうへ歩み寄っていた

If I understand it, it means something on the lines of "Although he
interpreted their action as extremely rude, Thomas Iguchi didn't mind and went
straight inside the store to where the register were". In this sentences I
have two problems:

1) What's the meaning of `洞察`? I know it as "discernment, insight", but I
can't understand what does it mean in the sentences; I tried looking on Jisho
and Weblio, to no avail, in my translation I just ignored it.

2) Why `行為と受け取りはした`, with `と`? I would expect `を`, so I'm missing something. I
tried looking here in SE for question about this but I could find any. (I did
find
[this](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/60474/%E3%81%A8%E4%BD%BF%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99-why-%E3%81%A8-is-
used-instead-of-%E3%82%92), but I don't think is relevant.)




  1. I have never seen 洞察 used like this, but judging from the context, this 洞察 seems mean something like "(penetrating) gazing". Normally, 洞察 does not refer to the physical act of observation itself.
  2. 受け取る is one of [these "AをBと"-verbs](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/55169/5010). AをBと受け取る means "to interpret/take A as B", but Aを has been omitted in your sentence. In other words, Aと受け取る means "to take it as A". On the other hand, Aを受け取る just means "to receive/take A" (e.g., お金を受け取る "to receive money").




  1. I have never seen 洞察 used like this, but judging from the context, this 洞察 seems mean something like "(penetrating) gazing". Normally, 洞察 does not refer to the physical act of observation itself.
  2. 受け取る is one of [these "AをBと"-verbs](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/55169/5010). AをBと受け取る means "to interpret/take A as B", but Aを has been omitted in your sentence. In other words, Aと受け取る means "to take it as A". On the other hand, Aを受け取る just means "to receive/take A" (e.g., お金を受け取る "to receive money").

