body-search

[ bod-ee-surch ]

verb (used with object)

1. to search all parts of the body of:

   Police ordered the suspects to strip and then body-searched them for hidden caches of narcotics.

body search

noun

1. a form of search by police, customs officials, etc, that involves examination of a prisoner's or suspect's bodily orifices

verb

1. tr to search (a prisoner or suspect) in this manner

Example Sentences

Dame Vera's report heard from one woman who said she had been choked by her partner until passing out, before ending up being arrested and subjected to a "demeaning" intimate body search.

From BBC

It cites the case of one female protester who it says was arrested in November 2022 in Kermanshah province, taken to an unofficial detention facility and interrogated before being taken to another room for a "body search".

From BBC

“Some say that it’s just another technique, but this technique involves something more intimate than a body cavity search. It’s an every single cell in your body search.”

From Seattle Times

But to government officials conducting a body search, the tattoos showed he was an MS-13 gang member.

From Los Angeles Times

Sally Bolton, chief executive of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, told journalists there is "100% bag search" and "selective body search" at all gates.

From BBC