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strip-search

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Definition of strip-search

verb

[with object]
  • search (someone) for concealed items, typically drugs or weapons, in a way that involves the removal of all their clothes: he was photographed, fingerprinted, and strip-searched

noun

  • an act of strip-searching someone: she felt dirty and humiliated after the strip-search

strip-search in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of strip-search in the US English dictionary