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FRISKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
Example:
he gave the suspect a quick frisk
Synonyms:
frisk; frisking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("frisking" is a kind of...):
hunt; hunting; search (the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "frisking"):
strip search (searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes)
Derivation:
frisk (search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb frisk
