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stop-and-search

Adjective
  1. (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)

  1. (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)

  1. (usually without hyphens) To perform a police action of this type.
Adjective
  1. Alternative form of stop-and-search.
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