ALL meanings of body search
bod·y search
B b - verb body search If a person is body searched, someone such as a police officer searches them while they remain clothed. Compare strip-search. 3
- verb body search Body search is also a noun. 3
- noun body search a form of search by police, customs officials, etc, that involves examination of a prisoner's or suspect's bodily orifices 3
- verb body search to search (a prisoner or suspect) in this manner 3
- verb with object body search to search all parts of the body of: Police ordered the suspects to strip and then body-searched them for hidden caches of narcotics. 1