strip-search

• Effectuer une fouille corporelle d'une personne en lui retirant ses vêtements, généralement pour des raisons de sécurité ou dans un cadre légal.

A verb meaning to conduct a search of a person by removing their clothing, typically for security or legal purposes.

1. Forced disrobing searchC1formal

   To search a person for concealed items, such as weapons or drugs, by requiring them to remove their clothing.

   fouille à nu

   • The customs officers strip-searched the passenger at the border.
   • Police are authorized to strip-search suspects under certain conditions.
   • The prisoner was strip-searched before being placed in a cell.