Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun strip_search

1 sense of strip search

Sense 1
strip search -- (searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes)
       => frisk, frisking -- (the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs; "he gave the suspect a quick frisk")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb strip_search

1 sense of strip-search

Sense 1
strip-search -- (search (someone) for weapons or drugs by having the person remove their clothes; "He was strip-searched at the airport")
       => search -- (subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys")