frisks
- present tense form of frisk (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Team members, wearing modified uniforms and driving unmarked cars, conduct stops, frisks and searches in their assigned neighborhoods.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
The landmark case found that the Fourth Amendment is not violated when a police officer stops a suspect on the street and frisks them without probable cause.
From Fox News ● Feb. 11, 2020
Courts should use a similar jury instruction to encourage the police, whenever practicable, to record stops, frisks, and other encounters with civilians and to inform juries that accounts of nonrecorded encounters are less reliable.
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2016
Later, a masked agent frisks the same suspect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2015
During the exit frisks, we’d find waffles stuffed inside pants and shirts.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
