frisk

White was with the unit because she could do things — such as frisk women wearing burqas — that men couldn’t.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2023

He began his career as a lawyer before being elected to the New York state legislature, where he championed affordable housing and worked on policing issues, notably the controversial practice known as "stop and frisk."

From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 2022

When I visited this May, I was able to walk straight into The main building without having to state my business or undergo more than a light frisk.

From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2022

That’s because officers continued to stop people — people committing crimes — and then frisk them.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2022

“Not in a moving vehicle,” the soldier says as he begins to frisk us.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Stop and frisks wouldn’t end, but Newark would have to fight crime without the rampant police stops the department had used for years.

From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2021

The landmark case found that the Fourth Amendment is not violated when a police officer stops a suspect on the street and frisks them without probable cause.

From Fox News ● Feb. 11, 2020

Near the height of the stop-and-frisk strategy, in 2012, the 40th Precinct had the third-most stops in the city, the second-most stops in which officers used force and the most frisks.

From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2016

Later, a masked agent frisks the same suspect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2015

During the exit frisks, we’d find waffles stuffed inside pants and shirts.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Police stopped, questioned and frisked those suspected of carrying weapons or casing a business, dissuading the ill-intentioned from packing guns while reducing shootings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

The luggage is scanned and people are sometimes frisked before accessing the boarding lounge.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2024

As the lights came up, an old man dozed while a teenage boy and girl frisked nearby in an unconvincing body of water.

From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2024

That’s when Troyer called in the emergency response, leading to Altheimer getting detained and frisked for weapons.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2022

The graceful creature paid no attention to the wolves, but frisked gaily at the old man’s side.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

Nervous students were met with biometric identification checks, metal detectors, armoured patrols and frisking at exam centres on Sunday morning.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

The match has been designated a "high-risk" clash, with police enforcing special rules such as preventative frisking.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025

“So frisking language might be like, ‘Do you have any needles that might hurt me?’

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2023

“There is random frisking and searching taking place everywhere — without prior information they come, they raid,” said K. Elu Ndang, the general secretary of a body of local tribal groups in Nagaland.

From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2022

In between pat- frisking inmates as they entered or exited the mess hall, there was time to just stand around and gab.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover