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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2023

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

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

He cleaned his antennae with his forefeet, frisking and smoothing them so that he looked like a Victorian villain twirling his moustachios.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White