Adjective
- (law, law enforcement) Of or pertaining to laws or policing practices, found in some jurisdictions, which permit a law enforcement officer to temporarily detain and search a member of the public based on the officer's suspicions.
Noun
(plural stops-and-searches or stop-and-searches)
- (often without hyphens) A police action of this type.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present stops-and-searches, present participle stopping-and-searching, simple past and past participle stopped-and-searched)
- (usually without hyphens) To perform a police action of this type.
Adjective
- Alternative form of stop-and-search.
