Synonyms for frisk
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1. frisk

   Synonyms:
   sport, leap, jump, play, dance, wanton

   Antonyms:
   lie, ruminate, rest, repose, roost, mope, sulk

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1. frisk, friskingverb

   the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs

   "he gave the suspect a quick frisk"

   Synonyms:
   frisking

2. frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark aboutverb

   play boisterously

   "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"

   Synonyms:
   boast, sport, lark, frolic, romp, run around, amuse, lark about, divert, rollick, disport, cavort, gambol, feature, skylark

3. friskverb

   search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets

   "The police frisked everyone at the airport"

   Synonyms:
   sport, frolic, romp, run around, lark about, lark, rollick, disport, cavort, gambol, skylark

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1. friskverb

   Synonyms:
   leap, skip, hop, frolic, romp, gambol, dance

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1. frisknoun

   Synonyms:
   frolic, gambol

2. friskverb

   Synonyms:
   leap, skip, gambol, frolic, play

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1. New Jersey:

   Stop-and-frisk would be back in about five minutes and we would empower the police, not undercut them.

2. Bernie Sanders:

   Mr. Bloomberg had policies in New York City of stop-and-frisk that went after African American and Latino people in an outrageous way, i dont think theres any chance of the senator beating President Trump.

3. Keechant Sewell:

   To be clear, this is not a return to' Stop, Question, and Frisk' -- nor is it' policing for numbers,' this enforcement will be responsive to community complaints and concerns.

4. Elizabeth Warren:

   When Mayor Buttigieg says that Mayor Buttigieg apologized, listen very closely to the apology, the language Mayor Buttigieg used is about stop and frisk. It's about how it turned out. No, this isn't about how it turned out. This is about what it was designed to do to begin with.

5. American Civil Liberties Union:

   Stop and frisk is disproportionately concentrated in the black community.