frisking
present participle offrisk
frisk
verb
uk/frɪsk/us/frɪsk/friskverb(SEARCH)
[T]
to useyourhandstosearchsomeone'sbodywhen they arewearingclothestoseeif they arehidingillegalobjectsorweapons:
We were all frisked at theairport.
Searching
- -seeking
- beachcomb
- beachcomber
- beachcombing
- body search
- bounty hunter
- divine
- keepyour/aneye out forsomeone/somethingidiom
- leave no stone unturnedidiom
- manhunt
- mudlark
- mudlarking
- nose
- scout
- scratch
- seeksomeone/somethingout
- seeker
- shake
- shakesomeonedown
- shakedown
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Detection & solving crimes
friskverb(MOVE)
[I]
tomovearound in ahappy,energeticway:
apostcardwith apictureoflambsfrisking in thefields
Animal (non-human) behaviour
- accidental
- beg
- behave
- behaviour
- behavioural science
- behaviourist
- groom
- hatch
- hover
- monogamy
- murmuration
- nocturnal
- non-migrant
- non-migratory
- nuzzle
- ruminate
- scent
- skitter
- slaver
- torpor
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Jumping
Examplesoffrisking
frisking
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
When are we going to stopfriskingfree citizens at our frontiers?
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So it includes intimate searches, strip searches and simplefrisking.
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Unless practised in permanentfrisking, they cannot achieve any noticeable effect.
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Thefriskingwould be against the young.
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Records are not kept of the occasions when rub-down searching or "frisking" is carried out in prisons.
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He has his securityfriskingthe bands on the way in.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He then followed this up byfriskingher with a full body scanner.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A law enforcement officer may briefly detain a person upon reasonable suspicion of involvement in a crime but short of probable cause to arrest; this is commonly kown asfrisking.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They could also be hidden inside cloth uniforms, such as in a seam or inside a collar, that wouldn't betray their existence during afriskingor inspection.
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