frisking

Example Sentences

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

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

As customers line up to enter the theater, the guards frisking them and checking their bags repeat one reminder: “Don’t put your feet on the seats.”

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2023

The TV audience’s response to the bit — which carried on into frisking presenters Josh Brolin and Jason Momoa per the Academy’s “protocol” — was mixed on Twitter.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2022

Video of the incident shared online shows a plainclothes officer frisking a confused-looking Harden while he holds his phone.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2021

But she has gone; and they fly pell-mell up the hedgerow, frisking, chattering and perching where they will.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams