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stop-and-frisk

adjective

Meaning

  1. (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.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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