Legal Definition and Related Resources of Frisk

Quick, superficial search . A contact or patting of the outer clothing to detect by the sense of touch a concealed weapon or contraband . See Terrv v Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d889

verb

• check
• conduct a search
• examine
• examine closely
• examine intently
• explore
• hunt
• hunt through
• inspect
• investigate
• lascivire
• look into
• look over
• look through
• peer into
• poke into
• probe
• pry into
• rake through
• review
• salire
• scan
• scour
• scrutinize
• search one’s pockets
• search through
• seek
• subject to scrutiny Associated Concepts: reasonable belief that safety requires a patting down
• search
• stop and frisk

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Translate Frisk from English to Spanish

Translation of Frisk, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Cachear and other legal terms is available here.

• Cachear
• Registrar
• Legal English Translation

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Pat-Down in the American legal Encyclopedia
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