strip search

noun

: a search for something concealed on a person made after removal of the person's clothing
strip-search verb

Examples of strip search in a Sentence

The administrators ordered random strip searches of all prisoners.
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Wyden’s June report described examples at UHS and Acadia facilities in which children were restrained for refusing to consent to a strip search or stealing a staff radio, as well as cases in which children were isolated while they were given sedatives to calm their behavior. Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024 Within the past five years, Elevations employees have failed to follow mandatory reporting requirements for child abuse and have conducted unauthorized strip searches, according to state records. Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 2 Sep. 2024 Cardenas also had to undergo a strip search during a previous visit to marry her husband, and continued to experience difficulties during her visits to him, though not to the same extent as the Sept. 6, 2019 incident. CBS News, 10 Sep. 2024 Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake have been the subject of years of lawsuits and abuse allegations claiming excessive use of pepper spray, strip searches and restraints against detainees. Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for strip search 

Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of strip search was in 1947

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“Strip search.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20search. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

Legal Definition

strip-search

1 of 2 transitive verb
: to conduct a strip search of

strip search

2 of 2

see search

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