body-search

[bod-ee-surch]

verb (used with object)

1. to search all parts of the body of.

   Police ordered the suspects to strip and then body-searched them for hidden caches of narcotics.

body search

noun

1. a form of search by police, customs officials, etc, that involves examination of a prisoner's or suspect's bodily orifices

verb

1. (tr) to search (a prisoner or suspect) in this manner