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strip search
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strip search
n.
The act or an instance of subjecting a person to strip-searching. Also called skin search.
Reconnaissance along a straight line between two given reference points.
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Noun1.strip search - searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes
frisk, frisking - the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs; "he gave the suspect a quick frisk"
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A detainee brought a [section] 1983 civil rights action against a county and county employees, alleging he was wrongfully strip searched and suffered a broken hand after he arrested on driving under the influence (DUI) charges.
Thomsen v. Ross by Corrections Caselaw Quarterly
The case was settled in August 2001, on behalf of more than 300,000 former inmates overly detained and/or illegally strip searched by employees at Los Angeles County jails between 1996 and 2001, Litt said.
EX-INMATES MISSING CHANCE AT MONEY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
A jail inmate sought damages under [section] 1983, alleging he was unconstitutionally strip searched on three separate occasions by correctional officers.
U.S. appeals court: search; Wood v. Hancock County Sheriffs Dept by Corrections Caselaw Quarterly
 
 
 
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