strip search


strip search

noun

Definition of STRIP SEARCH

: a search for something concealed on a person made after removal of the person's clothing
— strip–search verb

Examples of STRIP SEARCH

  1. The administrators ordered random strip searches of all prisoners.

First Known Use of STRIP SEARCH

1947

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