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Strip-search

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Verb

1. strip-search

search (someone) for weapons or drugs by having the person remove their clothes

Example Sentences:
'He was strip-searched at the airport'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Strip-search

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verb
1. (transitive)
(of police, customs officials, etc) to strip (a prisoner or suspect) naked to search him or her for contraband, narcotics, etc
noun
2. 
a search that involves stripping a person naked

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Strip-search

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verb transitive
1. 
to search (a person) by requiring removal of the clothes
noun
2. 
such a search

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Strip-search

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n.
The search of a person for illegal or contraband articles, such as drugs or weapons, by requiring the removal of enough clothing to allow the inspection of normally private parts of the person's body.
tr.v. strip searched, strip search·ing, strip search·es or strip-searched or strip-search·ing or strip-search·es
To conduct a strip search of (a person).

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