"gate rape" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gate rapes [plural]
Etymology: From gate (“passageway in an airport for embarking passengers”) + rape, formed to rhyme with date rape. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|gate|rape|t1=passageway in an airport for embarking passengers}} gate (“passageway in an airport for embarking passengers”) + rape Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gate rape (countable and uncountable, plural gate rapes)
  1. (informal, derogatory) Aggressive security screening prior to aircraft boarding. Tags: countable, derogatory, informal, uncountable Categories (topical): Security
    Sense id: en-gate_rape-en-noun-qLakBNiP Disambiguation of Security: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45

Verb

Forms: gate rapes [present, singular, third-person], gate raping [participle, present], gate raped [participle, past], gate raped [past]
Etymology: From gate (“passageway in an airport for embarking passengers”) + rape, formed to rhyme with date rape. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|gate|rape|t1=passageway in an airport for embarking passengers}} gate (“passageway in an airport for embarking passengers”) + rape Head templates: {{en-verb}} gate rape (third-person singular simple present gate rapes, present participle gate raping, simple past and past participle gate raped)
  1. (informal, derogatory, of airport security staff) To screen (someone) aggressively prior to allowing them to board an aircraft. Tags: derogatory, informal
    Sense id: en-gate_rape-en-verb-NPFypSx1 Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45

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