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STRIP SEARCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does strip search mean?
• STRIP SEARCH (noun)
The noun STRIP SEARCH has 1 sense:
1. searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes
Familiarity information: STRIP SEARCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("strip search" is a kind of...):
frisk; frisking (the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs)
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