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1strip-search — strip searches, strip searching, strip searched also strip search VERB: usu passive If a person is strip searched, someone such as a police officer makes them take off all their clothes and searches them, usually to see if they are carrying drugs …
2Strip search (disambiguation) — Strip search can refer to:* Strip search , the technique of searching for concealed weaponry or contraband by clothing removal.It can also refer to: * Strip Search (film) , a 2004 drama film based on the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. * Strip… …
3strip-search — [strip′sʉrch΄] vt. to search (a person) by requiring removal of the clothes n. such a search: Also strip search …
4Strip Search (TV series) — Strip Search is a reality television series, first broadcast in 2001.The series follows the search for a new troupe of male strippers from audition to the final live show. First broadcast in Australia in 2001, versions have been made in New… …
5strip–search — vt: to conduct a strip search of Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
6strip search — see search Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
7strip search — n a process in which you have to remove your clothes so that your body can be checked, usually for hidden drugs >strip search v [T] …
8strip-search — strip ,search verb transitive to check whether someone is hiding drugs or other illegal articles by making them take off their clothes ╾ strip ,search noun count …
9strip search — strip′ search n. cvb an act or instance of strip searching …
10strip-search — strip′ search v. t. cvb to search (a suspect who has been required to remove all clothing) esp. for concealed weapons, contraband, or evidence of drug abuse • Etymology: 1945–50 …
