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frisk

verb as in cavort

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Among those, there were more than 90 instances where people lost money or cars, taken most often during traffic stops, frisks and home searches — even though there weren’t related drug convictions or drug charges.

“It’s an incredibly important part of our future,” Frisk said of the company’s connected shoes.

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Another issue was stop and frisk, which the police had been using to keep shootings down.

When being processed into solitary confinement, known as the Special Housing Unit, or SHU, the frisk is even more severe.

“We will reform a broken stop-and-frisk policy to protect the dignity and rights of young men of color,” he bellowed.

The reason was simple, stop-and-frisk was the high profile cause that grabbed headlines.

The official compared the change in intelligence strategy to the shift in “stop, question, and frisk” tactics in the street.

But Tidy was foolish and proud, and, the next time he went out, he began to frisk about very gayly.

Would that we were like unto these ewe lambs, that we might frisk and gambol among them without evil.

When grandpa bought Oliver he carried him home between his knees in the carriage, while he drove Frisk, the pony.

Oh, what a fine view Jimmie had, but he didn't dare frisk around as Billie and Johnnie did, for he was a trifle dizzy.

Is not this like telling a sick man to get well, or a decrepit old creature to skip and frisk like a child?

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On this page you'll find 62 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to frisk, such as: bounce, caper, dance, frolic, gambol, and hop.

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