strip search Definition
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strip search
skin search
noun
- 1. A thorough and often intimate search of someone's body after they have either been made to take off all their clothes or had them forcibly removed, in order that police, customs officials, etc can check for concealed or smuggled items, especially drugs.
- 1. To carry out a strip-search on a suspect.
- Form: strip-search
- Form: skin-search
noun
- The practice of carrying out a strip-search.
