Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
strip-search is a verb meaning "search (someone) for weapons or drugs by having the person remove their clothes". It carries one recorded sense.
search (someone) for weapons or drugs by having the person remove their clothes
“He was strip-searched at the airport”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for strip-search come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.
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