frisk
verb (used without object)
to dance, leap, skip, or gambol; frolic.
frisks
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present tense formof frisk (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Stop and frisks wouldn’t end, but Newark would have to fight crime without the rampant police stops the department had used for years.
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2021
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
Even with recorded stops receding, however, broad swaths of officers are yet unable to articulate a rationale for the ones they carry out, or for the frisks that often follow, Mr. Zimroth’s report said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 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
