Frisk
verb
To quickly search someone's body by patting it down, checking for hidden items, like weapons or illegal substances.
The police officer decided to frisk the suspicious man for any hidden weapons.
Often appears as...
- frisk for weapons
- frisk for drugs
verb
To leap, skip, or dance in a lively or playful way.
The lambs started to frisk around the field excitedly.
Often appears as...
- frisk around
- frisk happily
noun
A quick search of somebody's body made by patting it down, checking for hidden items.
He was subjected to a frisk before being allowed into the courthouse.
Often appears as...
- subject to a frisk
- random frisk
verb
To quickly search someone's body by patting it down, checking for hidden items, like weapons or illegal substances.
The police officer decided to frisk the suspicious man for any hidden weapons.
Often appears as...
- frisk for weapons
- frisk for drugs
verb
To leap, skip, or dance in a lively or playful way.
The lambs started to frisk around the field excitedly.
Often appears as...
- frisk around
- frisk happily
noun
A quick search of somebody's body made by patting it down, checking for hidden items.
He was subjected to a frisk before being allowed into the courthouse.
Often appears as...
- subject to a frisk
- random frisk
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Law Enforcement
Used when police or security officials search someone they suspect of having contraband.
At the concert, everyone was frisked at the entrance.
Pro Tip 2/3Possible Coercion
'Frisk' implies the person being searched may not be willing but is compelled to comply.
After the alarm went off, the guards frisked all shoppers leaving the store.
Pro Tip 3/3Brief Procedure
A frisk is generally a quick, surface-level search, not thorough or invasive.
The officer frisked him quickly but found nothing suspicious.
Pro Tip 1/3Law Enforcement
Used when police or security officials search someone they suspect of having contraband.
At the concert, everyone was frisked at the entrance.
Pro Tip 2/3Possible Coercion
'Frisk' implies the person being searched may not be willing but is compelled to comply.
After the alarm went off, the guards frisked all shoppers leaving the store.
Pro Tip 3/3Brief Procedure
A frisk is generally a quick, surface-level search, not thorough or invasive.
The officer frisked him quickly but found nothing suspicious.
Pro Tip 1/3Law Enforcement
Used when police or security officials search someone they suspect of having contraband.
At the concert, everyone was frisked at the entrance.
Pro Tip 2/3Possible Coercion
'Frisk' implies the person being searched may not be willing but is compelled to comply.
After the alarm went off, the guards frisked all shoppers leaving the store.
Pro Tip 3/3Brief Procedure
A frisk is generally a quick, surface-level search, not thorough or invasive.
The officer frisked him quickly but found nothing suspicious.
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Video examples
Looks aren't everything....
our way and I got these free things because of how I look not Who I am and there are people paying a cost for how they look and not who they are I live in New York and last year of the 140,000 teenagers that were stopped and frisked
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An interview with the...
continuously stopped and frisked by law enforcement. I remember my home being raided. And one of my questions as a child was, why? Why us? Black Lives Matter offers answers to the why.
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From Repo Man to...
Dave stays inside to explain the situation to the fugitives elderly mother while Rob frisks Donald outside
Video examples
Looks aren't everything....
our way and I got these free things because of how I look not Who I am and there are people paying a cost for how they look and not who they are I live in New York and last year of the 140,000 teenagers that were stopped and frisked
Video examples
An interview with the...
continuously stopped and frisked by law enforcement. I remember my home being raided. And one of my questions as a child was, why? Why us? Black Lives Matter offers answers to the why.
Video examples
From Repo Man to...
Dave stays inside to explain the situation to the fugitives elderly mother while Rob frisks Donald outside
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Quote examples
Neil Gaiman
British Author
I was one those kids who had books on them. Before weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, funerals and anything else where you're actually meant to not be reading, my family would frisk me and take the book away. If they didn't find it by this point in the procedure, I would be sitting over in that corner completely unnoticed just reading my book.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
When a young non-white male is stopped and searched at the whim of a police officer, his idea of personal space, privacy and self esteem are shattered, to say nothing of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment protections. The damage goes deep quickly and stays. Stop & frisk, as well as a tactic, is also an incitement.
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Patrisse Cullors
American Activist
I grew up in a neighborhood that was heavily policed. I witnessed my brothers and my siblings continuously stopped and frisked by law enforcement. I remember my home being raided. And one of my questions as a child was, why? Why us? Black Lives Matter offers answers to the why.
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Lukas Forchhammer
Danish Musician
When you get frisked by the police at the age of 10, and they empty your schoolbag out in the street and kick your books around and calling you names because of where you live, you just get an anger towards everyone who is outside of your neighborhood.
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David Lammy
British Politician
Like many black men growing up in London, I have been stopped and searched by several policemen. I was 12 years old when I was first groped and frisked by police for walking down the road. It terrified me so much I wet myself.
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Jessica Williams
American Comedian
You don't have to be African American to really enjoy 'Frisky Business'. But as far as being black, a lot of people in New York have been stopped and frisked, so that hits home for them.
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Forest Whitaker
American Actor
I've had many incidents in my life of racism. I've been thrown on the ground. I've been frisked. I've been arrested so many times I couldn't tell you. I have no need to talk about it.
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Saba Qamar
Pakistani Actress
We boast about Pakistan. We say Pakistan is this and that. But when you go out of the country and the way we are checked, I can't tell you. I feel so humiliated the way I am frisked.
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Sal Albanese
American Politician
The most divisive issue facing New Yorkers in 2013 is stop and frisk, a tactic used by law enforcement to stop, question, and frisk people suspected of a crime.
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Chesa Boudin
American Lawyer
Stop and frisk - whether done while walking down the street or while driving a car - is a civil rights violation.
Quote examples
Neil Gaiman
British Author
I was one those kids who had books on them. Before weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, funerals and anything else where you're actually meant to not be reading, my family would frisk me and take the book away. If they didn't find it by this point in the procedure, I would be sitting over in that corner completely unnoticed just reading my book.
Quote examples
Henry Rollins
American Musician
When a young non-white male is stopped and searched at the whim of a police officer, his idea of personal space, privacy and self esteem are shattered, to say nothing of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment protections. The damage goes deep quickly and stays. Stop & frisk, as well as a tactic, is also an incitement.
Quote examples
Patrisse Cullors
American Activist
I grew up in a neighborhood that was heavily policed. I witnessed my brothers and my siblings continuously stopped and frisked by law enforcement. I remember my home being raided. And one of my questions as a child was, why? Why us? Black Lives Matter offers answers to the why.
Quote examples
Lukas Forchhammer
Danish Musician
When you get frisked by the police at the age of 10, and they empty your schoolbag out in the street and kick your books around and calling you names because of where you live, you just get an anger towards everyone who is outside of your neighborhood.
Quote examples
David Lammy
British Politician
Like many black men growing up in London, I have been stopped and searched by several policemen. I was 12 years old when I was first groped and frisked by police for walking down the road. It terrified me so much I wet myself.
Quote examples
Jessica Williams
American Comedian
You don't have to be African American to really enjoy 'Frisky Business'. But as far as being black, a lot of people in New York have been stopped and frisked, so that hits home for them.
Quote examples
Forest Whitaker
American Actor
I've had many incidents in my life of racism. I've been thrown on the ground. I've been frisked. I've been arrested so many times I couldn't tell you. I have no need to talk about it.
Quote examples
Saba Qamar
Pakistani Actress
We boast about Pakistan. We say Pakistan is this and that. But when you go out of the country and the way we are checked, I can't tell you. I feel so humiliated the way I am frisked.
Quote examples
Sal Albanese
American Politician
The most divisive issue facing New Yorkers in 2013 is stop and frisk, a tactic used by law enforcement to stop, question, and frisk people suspected of a crime.
Quote examples
Chesa Boudin
American Lawyer
Stop and frisk - whether done while walking down the street or while driving a car - is a civil rights violation.
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