body search

A search of a person, especially by an officer of the law, in order to find a hidden object or substance, such as a gun, explosive, or illegal drug, made usually by patting the clothed body and sometimes by examining bodily orifices.

bod′y-search′ v.

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bod′y-search`

v.t.

to search all parts of the body of: Police body-searched the suspects for concealed narcotics.

body-search

Past participle: body-searched
Gerund: body-searching

Imperative
body-search
body-search

Present
I body-search
you body-search
he/she/it body-searches
we body-search
you body-search
they body-search

Preterite
I body-searched
you body-searched
he/she/it body-searched
we body-searched
you body-searched
they body-searched

Present Continuous
I am body-searching
you are body-searching
he/she/it is body-searching
we are body-searching
you are body-searching
they are body-searching

Present Perfect
I have body-searched
you have body-searched
he/she/it has body-searched
we have body-searched
you have body-searched
they have body-searched

Past Continuous
I was body-searching
you were body-searching
he/she/it was body-searching
we were body-searching
you were body-searching
they were body-searching

Past Perfect
I had body-searched
you had body-searched
he/she/it had body-searched
we had body-searched
you had body-searched
they had body-searched

Future
I will body-search
you will body-search
he/she/it will body-search
we will body-search
you will body-search
they will body-search

Future Perfect
I will have body-searched
you will have body-searched
he/she/it will have body-searched
we will have body-searched
you will have body-searched
they will have body-searched

Future Continuous
I will be body-searching
you will be body-searching
he/she/it will be body-searching
we will be body-searching
you will be body-searching
they will be body-searching

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been body-searching
you have been body-searching
he/she/it has been body-searching
we have been body-searching
you have been body-searching
they have been body-searching

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been body-searching
you will have been body-searching
he/she/it will have been body-searching
we will have been body-searching
you will have been body-searching
they will have been body-searching

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been body-searching
you had been body-searching
he/she/it had been body-searching
we had been body-searching
you had been body-searching
they had been body-searching

Conditional
I would body-search
you would body-search
he/she/it would body-search
we would body-search
you would body-search
they would body-search

Past Conditional
I would have body-searched
you would have body-searched
he/she/it would have body-searched
we would have body-searched
you would have body-searched
they would have body-searched

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Translations

body-search

[ˈbɒdɪsɜːtʃ] VT → registrar (la persona de)
see also body

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