Meaning

1 senses

  1. A search performed by law enforcement on a criminal suspect to insure that the suspect is not hiding anything in a body cavity.

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Tom was subjected to a full body search.

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  2. I never for a moment imagined that I'd be singled out for a full body search.

    deIch hätte keinen Augenblick damit gerechnet, dass ich für eine volle Leibesvisitation herausgegriffen würde. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. The guards performed a body cavity search.

    deDie Wachleute führten eine Leibesvisitation durch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Customs officials carried out a full body search on Tom.

    ruНа таможне Тома тщательно обыскали. — Ooneykcall

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  5. Moose can swim and are known to cross bodies of water in search of food.

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Forms

plural: body cavity searches

Synonyms

1 synonyms
cavity search

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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