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skin search

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skin-search

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[ skin-surch ]

verb (used with object)

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of skin search1

First recorded in 1965–70
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Example Sentences

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The gunman carried no identification, Reddin said, adding that “We made a skin search of him, checking that he had nothing on him to take his life. We have advised him of his rights. He doesn’t want a lawyer now.”

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Before leaving the Adjustment Center, Jackson was made to strip for a thorough "skin search," a regular routine for Adjustment Center inmates.

There, another skin search was just beginning when, according to prison officials, a guard noticed a gun in Jackson's hair.

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