strip-search
verb🔊/ˈstrɪp sɜːtʃ/
🔊/ˈstrɪp sɜːrtʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they strip-search | 🔊/ˈstrɪp sɜːtʃ/ 🔊/ˈstrɪp sɜːrtʃ/ |
| he / she / it strip-searches | 🔊/ˈstrɪp sɜːtʃɪz/ 🔊/ˈstrɪp sɜːrtʃɪz/ |
| past simple strip-searched | 🔊/ˈstrɪp sɜːtʃt/ 🔊/ˈstrɪp sɜːrtʃt/ |
| past participle strip-searched | 🔊/ˈstrɪp sɜːtʃt/ 🔊/ˈstrɪp sɜːrtʃt/ |
| -ing form strip-searching | 🔊/ˈstrɪp sɜːtʃɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈstrɪp sɜːrtʃɪŋ/ |
- strip-search somebody
to search a person for illegal drugs, weapons, etc, for example at an airport or in a prison, after they have been made to take off all their clothes （对怀疑非法携带毒品、武器等的人进行的）光身搜查