strip search
noun [C]Definition
› the process of removing the clothes of a prisoner, or someone thought to have committed a crime, by a police officer or government official in order to find any illegal things, such as drugs, hidden in their clothing or on their bodySearchingRelating to detection and solving crimes strip-search verb [T] › We were stopped by customs officers at the airport and strip-searched for no apparent reason.SearchingRelating to detection and solving crimes
(Definition of strip search noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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