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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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She was subjected to a strip search after a classmate told school officials that Redding was carrying prescription-strength ibuprofen.
When common sense fails by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
A Cleveland Police spokeswoman said in this case detectives decided to strip search those in the house as enough time had elapsed from the start of the raid to the officers getting inside, for drugs to have been concealed by someone about their persons.
Police actions bound by rules by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Meanwhile, the county Board of Supervisors has picked up the strip search issue and recently approved a $150,000 settlement to a woman illegally strip searched when she was eight months pregnant.
EX-INMATES MISSING CHANCE AT MONEY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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