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

Example Sentences

Would a hands-on body search conducted by an airport TSA agent have found this weapon?

From The Daily Beast

And then she submitted to an intimate body search—in front of others.

From The Daily Beast