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[bod-ee-surch]
/ ˈbɒd iˌsɜrtʃ /
verb (used with object)
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to search all parts of the body of.
Police ordered the suspects to strip and then body-searched them for hidden caches of narcotics.
noun
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a form of search by police, customs officials, etc, that involves examination of a prisoner's or suspect's bodily orifices
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verb
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(tr) to search (a prisoner or suspect) in this manner
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged"
2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986
© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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A Justice Department lawyer argued Monday that a new body-search policy for prisoners at Guantanamo Bay did not restrict inmates’ access to lawyers.
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• Dec. 13, 2013
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