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10 Language-to-English DictionariesStrip-search
/ˈstrɪpˌsɜːrtʃ/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A search of a person conducted without clothing to ensure no concealed items are present.
"The police conducted a strip-search to ensure the suspect was not hiding any weapons."
- 1
To conduct a strip-search on someone.
"The security personnel strip-searched the individual before allowing entry into the event."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'strip-search' combines the verb 'strip', originating from Old English 'strīpan', meaning to remove clothing, and 'search', from Old French 'cerchier', meaning to look for. The phrase has evolved in legal contexts to refer specifically to a search conducted on a person who is undressed.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Strip-search" is said worldwide
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Fouille à nu
Transliteration: fwi-yuh ah nyu
"La police a effectué une fouille à nu sur le suspect."
Abtasten
Transliteration: ab-tas-ten
"Die Polizei führte eine Abtastung des Verdächtigen durch."
Perquisizione a nudo
Transliteration: per-qui-zi-zio-ne a nu-do
"La polizia ha effettuato una perquisizione a nudo sul sospettato."
Registro desnudo
Transliteration: re-gis-tro des-nu-do
"La policía realizó un registro desnudo al sospechoso."
Revista íntima
Transliteration: re-vis-ta in-ti-ma
"A polícia fez uma revista íntima no suspeito."
नग्न तलाशी
Transliteration: nagna talashi
"पुलिस ने संदिग्ध की नग्न तलाशी ली।"
裸体搜查
Transliteration: luǒtǐ sōuchá
"警方对嫌疑人进行了裸体搜查。"
노출 수색
Transliteration: nochul suseog
"경찰은 용의자에게 노출 수색을 실시했습니다."
裸の捜索
Transliteration: hadaka no sousaku
"警察は容疑者に裸の捜索を行いました。"
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