strip search
noun
: a search for something concealed on a person made after removal of the person's clothing
Examples of strip search in a Sentence
The administrators ordered random strip searches of all prisoners.
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The jail fight A little after 5 a.m. that morning, Caputo entered Broward Main Jail and was taken to the strip search cell where the fight took place.
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Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 7 June 2025
Later work included reports on strip searches of Black women at O’Hare International Airport, which in 1999 won Ferguson and her producer, Sarah Stolper, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for investigative reporting.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2025
She's also declined to look into higher-paying job opportunities due to the high frequency of strip searches.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
In the past five years, Elevations employees have failed to follow mandatory reporting requirements for child abuse, improperly secluded children for days on end and have conducted unauthorized strip searches, according to state records.
—Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 2 Sep. 2024
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Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 7 June 2025
Later work included reports on strip searches of Black women at O’Hare International Airport, which in 1999 won Ferguson and her producer, Sarah Stolper, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for investigative reporting.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2025
She's also declined to look into higher-paying job opportunities due to the high frequency of strip searches.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
In the past five years, Elevations employees have failed to follow mandatory reporting requirements for child abuse, improperly secluded children for days on end and have conducted unauthorized strip searches, according to state records.
—Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 2 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for strip search
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“Strip search.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20search. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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