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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Later work included reports on strip searches of Black women at O’Hare International Airport, which in 1999 won Ferguson and her producer, Sarah Stolper, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for investigative reporting. Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2025 She's also declined to look into higher-paying job opportunities due to the high frequency of strip searches. Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025 In the past five years, Elevations employees have failed to follow mandatory reporting requirements for child abuse, improperly secluded children for days on end and have conducted unauthorized strip searches, according to state records. Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 2 Sep. 2024 The teens said they were questioned for several hours at Honolulu Airport before allegedly being subjected to full-body scans and strip searches, according to the report. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025 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 12 Jun. 2025.

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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