stop-and-search
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.85 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
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.
noun
A police action of this type.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "A U.S. judge has ruled the New York Police Department has violated the rights of tens of thousands of people by intentionally discriminating against racial minorities with its controversial "stop-and-search" policy."
- "Read literally, he simply ruled that a cop made a bad collar, a stop-and-search without "reasonable suspicion.""