strip search

¹

noun

1. an act or instance of strip-searching.

strip-search

²

[strip-surch]

verb (used with object)

1. to search (a suspect who has been required to remove all clothing) especially for concealed weapons, contraband, or evidence of drug abuse.

strip-search

verb

1. (tr) (of police, customs officials, etc) to strip (a prisoner or suspect) naked to search him or her for contraband, narcotics, etc

noun

1. a search that involves stripping a person naked

Other Word Forms

• strip-searching noun

Example Sentences

Officers then moved her to a high-security facility, where she was unnerved by the routine strip searches, and stunned to be placed in the same block as convicted murderers.

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Under cross examination, Det Con Linge broke down in tears when asked about why she did not complete a record of the strip search on the police database until five weeks later.

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They were taken one by one to the same room for strip search and questioning.

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The girl, who was 15 at the time, will not being giving evidence at the three-week south-east London tribunal, "because of the psychological effects that this strip search has had on her", the panel heard.

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She suffered regular strip searches and nearly a year in solitary confinement.

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