pat-down

pat-down
/pat"down'/, n.
an act or instance of passing the hands over the body of a clothed person to detect concealed weapons, drugs, etc.; frisking.
Also, pat down.
[n. use of v. phrase pat down]

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pat-down «pat down» noun
a superficial search for hidden or forbidden items done by running the hands over the subject's body.
pat down, transitive verb. He was patted down and his luggage searched, but the border police allowed him to pass.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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