Meanings
adjectivestop-and-frisk (not comparable)
- not comparableSynonym of stop-and-search.
Prospective presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg apologized for New York City’s stop-and-frisk practices at a huge black church in Brooklyn last week
2019 November 18, Derecka Purnell, “Bloomberg's weak apology for stop-and-frisk is too little, too late”, in The GuardianSynonyms: stop-and-search
nounstop-and-frisk (plural stop-and-frisks or stops-and-frisks)
plural stop-and-frisks · plural stops-and-frisks
- Synonym of stop-and-search.
Synonyms: stop-and-search
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of stop-and-search.
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stop-and-frisk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stop-and-frisk
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“stop-and-frisk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stop-and-frisk. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stop-and-frisk,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stop-and-frisk.
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