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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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Former detainees at a county juvenile detention center brought a [section] 1983 action challenging the center's policy of strip-searching all juveniles admitted to the facility, regardless of the seriousness of their charged offense or the existence of suspicion.
Smook v. Minnehaha County, S.D by Corrections Caselaw Quarterly
Policies that mandate strip-searching all arrestees are unconstitutional.
Reasonable suspicion required for strip-searches by Collins, William C. / Corrections Today
Former detainees at a county juvenile detention center brought a [section] 1983 action challenging the center's policy of strip-searching all juveniles admitted to the facility, regardless of the seriousness of the charged offense or the existence of suspicion.
Smook v. Minnehaha County by Corrections Caselaw Quarterly
 
 
 
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