strip search
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6.1
- noun
- /strɪp sɜːrʧ/
- NSFW
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registro de desnudez
- Now, we are subject to airport strip searches for the sake of "safety"?
And every visit was a complete strip search.
- And every visit was a complete strip search.
Examples
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Should the U.S. Supreme Court rule to abandon "strip searches" in schools?
Blog text (21) -
The use of strip searches should be carefully monitored and never used as punishment.
Academic text (2000) -
Corporate always wants two people for a strip search, right?
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Remember the strip search you owe me?
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I'm entitled to one phone call and a strip search.
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You know, there's a strip search before you get on the bus.
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I suppose you thought I was gonna object to a strip search, didn't you, Chief?
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I can understand that a strip search is not exactly pleasant, but I promise it won't kill you.
Blog text (14) -
Targeted searches include strip searches and searches of a student's property.
Academic text (2000) -
The appeals court ruled that the strip search was clearly illegal.
How Invasive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally built from 'strip' (to remove clothes) + 'search' (an inspection to find something), so a learner who knows both words can infer that it means an inspection requiring removal of clothes to check for hidden items. This construction is a straightforward compound noun pattern and is cross-linguistically common, so it should be immediately comprehensible at B1.
Etymology
Strip search comes from the literal act of making someone strip (take off their clothes) so others can search their body and clothing for 'hidden' items like weapons or drugs. So, it means a search that requires removing clothes to check for 'hidden' items.