Definitions
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- noun A body search where the
cloths are removed (stripped ). - verb To remove clothes and do a body search.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb search (someone) for weapons or drugs by having the person remove their clothes
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Examples
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It was a very serious thing to strip-search a student.
Raven V.C Andrews 2011
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Today's bombshell in the Jeff Perry strip-search scandal continues to rocket around the political world.
The Red Wall of Silence is holding ... so far. Will any GOPers break ranks with Perry? 2010
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"If you are walking down the street, this allows them to digitally strip-search you and rifle through your belongings without any sort of justification," she says.
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You are already in humiliating extra screening, where the officers had had the right to strip-search you even before the scanners were proposed.
See-through body scanners are not as bad as they sound : Law is Cool 2009
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PREVIOUSLY: An 85-year-old Long Island woman is threatening to sue the TSA after what she claims was a bloody strip-search by the agency.
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"If you are walking down the street, this allows them to digitally strip-search you and rifle through your belongings without any sort of justification," she says.
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It was a very serious thing to strip-search a student.
Raven V.C Andrews 2011
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More photos and interactive graphics Mr. Goldstein said the New Jersey jails had harsher strip-search procedures than many other correctional agencies, including the federal Bureau of Prisons.
Supreme Court Wrestles With Strip Searches Jess Bravin 2011
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Appearing sympathetic to school officials for their decision to strip-search a 13-year-old student, but shielding them only from any liability for their actions.
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You are already in humiliating extra screening, where the officers had had the right to strip-search you even before the scanners were proposed.
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