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stop and frisk
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noun
a policy that permits a police officer to momentarily detain and pat down or search a person suspected of criminal activity, especially when suspected of concealing a weapon.
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Which of the following nouns has an irregular plural form?
Also called stop, ask, and frisk; stop, question, and frisk .
Origin of stop and frisk
First recorded in 1960–65
Words nearby stop and frisk
stoop labor, stoop to, stoor, stoozing, stop, stop and frisk, stop-and-go, stop at nothing, stopbank, stop bath, stop bead
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