strip-search
verb/ˈstrɪp sɜːtʃ/
/ˈstrɪp sɜːrtʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they strip-search | /ˈstrɪp sɜːtʃ/ /ˈstrɪp sɜːrtʃ/ |
| he / she / it strip-searches | /ˈstrɪp sɜːtʃɪz/ /ˈstrɪp sɜːrtʃɪz/ |
| past simple strip-searched | /ˈstrɪp sɜːtʃt/ /ˈstrɪp sɜːrtʃt/ |
| past participle strip-searched | /ˈstrɪp sɜːtʃt/ /ˈstrɪp sɜːrtʃt/ |
| -ing form strip-searching | /ˈstrɪp sɜːtʃɪŋ/ /ˈstrɪp sɜːrtʃɪŋ/ |
- strip-search somebody to search a person for illegal drugs, weapons, etc, for example at an airport or in a prison, after they have been made to take off all their clothesTopics Crime and punishmentc2
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