STRIP-SEARCH

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Search (someone) for weapons or drugs by having the person remove their clothes

Example:

He was strip-searched at the airport

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "strip-search" is one way to...):

search (subject to a search)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to strip-search the prisoners