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strip-search
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strip-search (strpsûrch)
tr.v. strip-searched, strip-search·ing, strip-search·es
To search (a person) for illegal articles, such as drugs or weapons, by first requiring the removal of all clothing.
strip-search
vb
(Law) (tr) (of police, customs officials, etc.) to strip (a prisoner or suspect) naked to search him or her for contraband, narcotics, etc.
n
(Law) a search that involves stripping a person naked
strip-searching  n
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Verb1.strip-search - search (someone) for weapons or drugs by having the person remove their clothes; "He was strip-searched at the airport"
search - subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"
Translations
strip-search [ˈstrɪpsɜːtʃ] VT he was strip-searched at the airport → lo desnudaron para registrarlo en el aeropuerto
strip-search [ˌstrɪpˈsɜːtʃ]
1. vt to strip-search sb → perquisire qn facendolo/a spogliare
2. n → perquisizione f (facendo spogliare il perquisito)
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The court held that the suspicionless strip-searches of all juveniles could not be based on the officials' state statutory duty to report child abuse or neglect, where the duty to report was not a duty to detect, and any interest the officials had in detecting abuse was outweighed by the detainees' privacy interests.
Smook v. Minnehaha County by Corrections Caselaw Quarterly
3) Strip-searches may be routine for those working in jails and prisons but they are not routine for courts.
Reasonable suspicion required for strip-searches by Collins, William C. / Corrections Today
Releases will be expedited and no more strip-searches conducted before release.
JAIL REFORMS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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