search (someone) for weapons or drugs by having the person remove their clothes; "He was strip-searched at the airport
If a person is strip-searched, someone such as a police officer makes them take off all their clothes and searches them, usually to see if they are carrying drugs or weapons. Compare body search. All 23 of them were strip-searched for drugs
searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes
The act or an instance of subjecting a person to strip-searching. Also called skin search. a process in which you have to remove your clothes so that your body can be checked, usually for hidden drugs search