Definition of strip search
: a search for something concealed on a person made after removal of the person's clothing
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Examples of strip search in a Sentence
The administrators ordered random strip searches of all prisoners.
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In this case, the driver contends that he was subjected to a strip search and visual body cavity search.
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The state Attorney General’s Office did not respond immediately to requests for information on the state’s policy on strip searches and body searches.
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Cook County has won a $9 million jury verdict against an insurance company whose alleged screw-ups cost the county millions in a massive federal lawsuit over jail strip searches.
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Corley was initially ordered to take off her pants for a strip search, but the deputies later tried to cavity search her.
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For example, women are allegedly held in holding cells for longer periods of time, they're denied access to equal jobs outside of their cell, have limitations on classes and education, and are subjected to more frequent strip searches.
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The ombudsman recommended that the department review its procedures concerning restraints and strip searches.
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The family of a 16-year-old San Diego resident is claiming her rights were violated last month during a strip search allegedly conducted without her parents’ consent by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.
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Four officers in the strip search case were criminally convicted.
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First Known Use of strip search
1947
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Definition of strip search for English Language Learners
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: an act of removing someone's clothing to see if that person is hiding illegal drugs, weapons, etc.
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