(law, law enforcement) Of or pertaining to laws or policing practices, found in some jurisdictions, which permit a law enforcement officer to temporarily detain and search a member of the public based on the officer's suspicions.

A police action of this type.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of strip-search

present participle of strip-search

simple past tense and past participle of strip-search

plural of soul-searching

(UK) A fastidious forensic search of a crime scene, usually performed by investigators crawling along the ground.

plural of Terry search

(US, law enforcement) A search carried out by the police during a Terry stop.

plural of search party