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Synonyms for frisk
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frisk, friskingverb
the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
"he gave the suspect a quick frisk"
Synonyms:
friskingfrolic, 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, skylarkfriskverb
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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List of paraphrases for "frisk":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#41 | search | |
#516 | play | |
#1259 | feature | |
#1291 | sport | |
#1622 | dance | |
#1861 | jump | |
#10365 | leap | |
#23203 | boast | |
#26034 | divert | |
#26730 | lark | |
#37190 | amuse | |
#37211 | romp | |
#39191 | wanton | |
#44441 | skylark | |
#54297 | frolic | |
#78272 | frisk | |
#172788 | gambol | |
#207872 | cavort | |
#239634 | frisking |
How to use frisk in a sentence?
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.
[But]since the curtailment of [this], in addition to bail reform, in my opinion, crime is spiking, and the figures are reflecting that. The curtailment of the question-and-frisk is handcuffing the cops. Politicians give the appearance that they care more about criminals than the cops.
So, one of the unintended consequences is people say,' Oh my God, you are arresting kids for marijuana that are all minorities.' Yes, that is true. Why ? Because we put all the cops in the minority neighborhoods. Yes, that is true. Why did we do it ? Because that's where all the crime is, and the way you get the guns out of the kid's hands is to throw them up against the walls and frisk them.
The way you should get the guns out of the kids hands is to throw them up against the wall and frisk them, the way he feels about people is so demeaning. The policy may have been stop and frisk, but the philosophy was to castigate and denigrate people of color, and its a disgrace.
The increase in knives is more connected to ending stop and frisk. . . so the criminals know they can carry knives like they did back in the 1980s.
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