Stop-and-search

Quick meaning: Stop-and-search is an adjective meaning A police action of this type.

Meaning

A police action of this type.

More Meanings

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.

Example Sentences

Read literally, he simply ruled that a cop made a bad collar, a stop-and-search without "reasonable suspicion."

Adding to the department's problems is a long-running controversy over a stop-and-search policy that includes random searches of young black men.

Both parties support ‘stop and search’ – also known as ‘sus’ laws. Under these laws, the police can stop anyone under ‘reasonable’ suspicion that they could commit a crime.

The high court renewed its decision to throw out evidence in a 1992 Montgomery County traffic stop-and-search case that uncovered a small amount of marijuana and a methamphetamine pill.

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