strip search
an act or instance of strip-searching.
- Also called skin search.
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Other definitions for strip-search (2 of 2)
to search (a suspect who has been required to remove all clothing) especially for concealed weapons, contraband, or evidence of drug abuse.
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How to use strip search in a sentence
After participating in online reality comic strip competition strip search, that idea morphed into OJST.
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There, the man over the phone gave Ogborn an ultimatum: submit to a strip search or be arrested and taken to the police station.
At the time, the TSA claimed it did not strip-search, but later admitted wrongdoing.
Just short of a strip search, any place I could see or touch—including the inside of his mouth—was checked.
British Dictionary definitions for strip-search
(tr) (of police, customs officials, etc) to strip (a prisoner or suspect) naked to search him or her for contraband, narcotics, etc
a search that involves stripping a person naked
Derived forms of strip-search
- strip-searching, noun
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