"stop-and-search" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{head|en|adjective|head=stop-and-search}} stop-and-search
  1. (law, 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. Categories (topical): Law, Law enforcement
    Sense id: en-stop-and-search-en-adj-q~T1mNTP Categories (other): English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 58 42 Topics: government, law, law-enforcement
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: stop-and-frisk, stop and search

Noun

Forms: stops-and-searches [plural], stop-and-searches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|stops-and-searches|+}} stop-and-search (plural stops-and-searches or stop-and-searches)
  1. A police action of this type. Related terms: racial profiling, sus law
    Sense id: en-stop-and-search-en-noun-oqFWXVsd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: stop-and-frisk, stop and search

Inflected forms

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