frisking

Other forms: friskings

Definitions of frisking
  1. noun
    the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
    synonyms: frisk
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    types:
    strip search
    searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes
    type of:
    hunt, hunting, search
    the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
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