- present participle of frisk.
frisking
Example Sentences
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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
He was too busy frisking a pile of seaweed.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
