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frisking
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun frisking has 1 sense
- frisking(n = noun.act) frisk - the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs; "he gave the suspect a quick frisk" is a kind of hunt, hunting, search
has particulars: strip search
Derived form verb frisk2
CIDE DICTIONARY
frisking, n.
The act or process of searching someone for concealed weapons. [WordNet 1.5]
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