strip search
noun
: a search for something concealed on a person made after removal of the person's clothing
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.
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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
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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
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“Strip search.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20search. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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