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Meaning of stop-and-search | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A police action of this type.

Examples

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

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

stop-gap stop-go stop-go animation stop-go sign stop-loss stop-motion

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