stop and search

🔊/ˌstɒp ən ˈsɜːtʃ/

🔊/ˌstɑːp ən ˈsɜːrtʃ/

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(in Britain英国) a police power, part of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act, to stop a person who is suspected of doing something illegal, such as carrying illegal drugs, to question them and to search them