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Noun: strip search
  1. Searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes
Verb: strip-search  'strip,surch
  1. Search (someone) for weapons or drugs by having the person remove their clothes
    "He was strip-searched at the airport"

Derived forms: strip-searched, strip-searches, strip-searching

Type of: frisk, frisking, search

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