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Definition patdown in American English

patdown noun

noun
1

the activity of feeling all over someone's body through their clothes when searching for weapons or illegal substances, for example at airport security

Example

Republican Senator Rand Paul was stopped at an airport on Monday for setting off an alarm and refusing a patdown.

Definition patdown in American English