stop-and-frisk

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See also: stop and frisk

English

Adjective

stop-and-frisk (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of stop-and-search
    • 2019 November 18, Derecka Purnell, “Bloomberg's weak apology for stop-and-frisk is too little, too late”, in The Guardian:
      Prospective presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg apologized for New York City’s stop-and-frisk practices at a huge black church in Brooklyn last week

Noun

stop-and-frisk (plural stop-and-frisks or stops-and-frisks)

  1. Synonym of stop-and-search