body search
Pat-down for contraband
A body search is a physical examination of a person's body and clothing to find concealed items—typically weapons, drugs, or contraband.
The term covers everything from a pat-down through clothing to a full strip search.
Airport security conducted a body search after the scanner flagged something.
Body searches raise civil liberties concerns, particularly when conducted without consent or reasonable suspicion.
- friskSearch by touch
- pat-downBody search by touch
- hands upSurrender gesture demand
- cavityEmpty space within
- securityProtection from threat
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- arrestarrest, handcuffs, Miranda warning, booking, custody
- Body Rightsmedical consent, self-ownership, reproductive rights, medical autonomy, patient rights
- searchesseek, hunt, quest, find, locate
- surveillancesurveillance, CCTV, security camera, surveillance camera, surveillance cameras
- prison disciplinesolitary confinement, the hole, loss of privileges, lockdown, punishment cell
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